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Anders Pettersson presents a comprehensive account of the foundations of literature, grounded in an original analysis of the interactions between author and reader. Drawing on post-Gricean pragmatics and Nicholas Wolterstorff's notion of presentationality, Pettersson develops the idea of the verbal text and conveys an integrated and nuanced understanding of literary experience, its conditions, and the values it affords. In the second part of "Verbal Art" he systematically examines the cognitive, affective, and formal aspects of the literary work and explores their interrelations. Pettersson demonstrates the implications and applications of the theory through a series of detailed studies of literary works, taking care to show that his theory is compatible with a broad variety of perspectives. Combining an intimate knowledge of modern literary theory and the aesthetics of literature with innovative applications of linguistics and cognitive psychology to the literary work, he provides a thorough treatment of fundamental problems in the area, including the concept of a text or work, the concept of form, and the distinctiveness of the literary use of language.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary theory

• Full title: Verbal Art
• Subtitle: A Philosophy of Literature and Literary Experience
• Author: Anders Pettersson
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400
• EAN: 9780773520691
• ISBN: 0773520694
• ID: 04917813
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Weight: 564 g
• Dimensions: 227 × 152 × 29 mm
• Date of publishing: 18. April 2001

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