Introduction to cognitive literary studies / Lisa Zunshine -- Part I. Narrative, History, Imagination. Cognitive Historicism. Cognitive historicism: intuition in early modern thought / Mary Thomas Crane ; The biology of failure, the forms of rage, and the equity of revenge / Ellen Spolsky ; Literary neuroscience and history of mind: an interdisciplinary fMRI study of attention and Jane Austen / Natalie M. Phillips -- Cognitive Narratology. Toward a narratology of cognitive flavor / Peter J. Rabinowitz ; How do we read what isn't there to be read?: shadow stories and permanent gaps / H. Porter Abbott ; Rhetorical theory, cognitive memory, and Morrison's "Recitatif": from parallel play to productive collaboration / James Phelan ; "Listen to the stories!": narrative, cognition, and country-and-western music / Alan Palmer ; Blending in cartoons: the production of comedy / Monika Fludernik ; From the social to the literary: approaching Cao Xueqin's The story of the stone (Honglou meng $1!Pr!EJ!9$(B) from a cognitive perspective / Lisa Zunshine -- Cognitive Queer Theory. Sex on the mind: queer theory meets cognitive theory / J. Keith Vincent -- Neuroaesthetics. Imagination: literary and cognitive intersections / Alan Richardson ; Theorizing imagery, aesthetics, and doubly directed states / G. Gabrielle Starr -- Part II. Emotions and Empathy. Emotions in Literature, Film, and Theatre. What literature teaches us about emotion: synthesizing affective science and literary study / Patrick Colm Hogan ; Facing others: close-ups of faces in narrative film and in The silence of the lambs / Carl Plantinga ; Theater and the emotions / Noël Carroll -- Cognitive Postcolonial Studies. The psychology of colonialism and postcolonialism: cognitive approaches to identity and empathy / Patrick Colm Hogan ; Human rights discourse and universals of cognition and emotion: postcolonial fiction / Suzanne Keen -- Decision Theory and Fiction. Reading and bargaining / William Flesch -- Cognitive Disability Studies. What some autistics can teach us about poetry: a neurocosmopolitan approach / Ralph James Savarese -- Moral Emotions. On the repulsive rapist and the difference between morality in fiction and real life / Margrethe Bruun Vaage ; Empathic sadism: how readers get implicated / Fritz Breithaupt -- Part III. The New Unconscious. The new unconscious: a literary guided tour / Blakely Vermeule ; Filmmakers as folk psychologists: how filmmakers exploit cognitive biases as an aspect of cinematic narration, characterization, and spectatorship / Jeff Smith -- Part IV. Empirical and Qualitative Studies of Literature. The values of qualitative research for cognitive literary studies / Laura Otis ; Transport: challenges to the metaphor / Marisa Bortolussi and Peter Dixon ; Fluctuations in literary reading: the neglected dimension of time / Peter Dixon and Marisa Bortolussi -- Part V. Cognitive Theory and Literary Experience. Mental calisthenics and self-reflexive fiction / Joshua Landy ; Rethinking the reality effect: detail and the novel / Elaine Auyoung ; Time as space in the structure of (literary) experience: The prelude / Mark J. Bruhn ; Thick context: novelty in cognition and literature / Nancy Easterlin. Part I: Narrative, History, Imagination -- Cognitive Historicism -- 1. Mary Thomas Crane / Cognitive Historicism: Intuition in Early Modern Thought -- 2. Ellen Spolsky / The Biology of Failure, the Forms of Rage, and the Equity of Revenge -- 3. Natalie M. Phillips / Literary Neuroscience and History of Mind: An Interdisciplinary fMRI Study of Attention and Jane Austen -- Cognitive Narratology -- 4. Peter Rabinowitz / Toward a Narratology of Cognitive Flavor -- 5. H. Porter Abbott / How Do We Read What Isn't There to Be Read? Shadow Stories and Permanent Gaps -- 6. James Phelan / Rhetorical Theory, Cognitive Theory, and Morrison's 'Recitatif': From Parallel Play to Productive Collaboration -- 7. Alan Palmer / Listen to the Stories!: Narrative, Cognition and Country and Western Music -- 8. Monika Fludernik / Blending in Cartoons: The Production of Comedy -- 9. Lisa Zunshine / From the Social to the Literary: Approaching Cao Xueqin's The Story of the Stone from a Cognitive Perspective -- Cognitive Queer Theory -- 10. J. Keith Vincent / Sex on the Mind: Queer Theory Meets Cognitive Theory -- Neuroaesthetics -- 11. Alan Richardson / Imagination: Literary and Cognitive Intersections -- 12. Gabrielle Starr / Theorizing Imagery, Aesthetics and Doubly-Directed States -- Part II: Emotions and Empathy -- Emotions in Literature, Film, and Theater -- 13. Patrick Colm Hogan / What Literature Teaches Us About Emotion: Synthesizing Affective Science and Literary Study -- 14. Carl Plantinga / Facing Others: Close-ups of Faces in Narrative Film and in The Silence of the Lambs -- 15. Noël Carroll / Theater and the Emotion -- Cognitive Postcolonial Studies -- 16. Patrick Colm Hogan / The Psychology of Colonialism and Postcolonialism: Cognitive Approaches to Identity and Empathy -- 17. Suzanne Keen / Human Rights Discourse and Universals of Cognition and Emotion: Postcolonial Fiction -- Decision Theory and Fiction -- 18. William Flesch / Reading and Bargaining -- Cognitive Disability Studies -- 19. Ralph James Savarese / What Some Autistics Can Teach Us About Poetry: A Neurocosmopolitan Approach -- Moral Emotions -- 20. Margrethe Bruun Vaage / On the Repulsive Rapist, and the Difference Between Morality in Fiction and Real Life -- 21. Fritz Alwin Breithaupt / Empathic Sadism. How Readers Get Implicated -- Part III: The New Unconscious -- 22. Blakey Vermeule / The New Unconscious: A Literary Guided Tour -- 23. Jeff Smith / Filmmakers as Folk Psychologists: How Filmmakers Exploit Cognitive Biases as an Aspect of Film Narration, Characterization and Spectatorship -- Part IV: Empirical and Qualitative Studies of Literature -- 24. Laura Otis / The Value of Qualitative Research for Cognitive Literary Studies -- 25. Marisa Bortolussi and Peter Dixon / Revisiting the Metaphor of 'Transportation' -- 26. Peter Dixon and Marisa Bortolussi / Fluctuation in Literary Reading: The Neglected Dimension of Time -- Part V: Cognitive Theory and Literary Experience -- 27. Joshua Landy / Mental Calisthenics and Self-Reflexive Fiction -- 28. Elaine Auyoung / Rethinking the Reality Effect: Detail and the Novel -- 29. Mark Bruhn / Time as Space in the Structure of (Literary) Experience: The Prelude -- 30. Nancy Easterlin / Thick Context: Novelty in Cognition and Literature. This title considers how the architecture that enables human cognitive processing interacts with cultural and historical contexts. Organised into five parts (Narrative, History, and Imagination; Emotions and Empathy; The New Unconscious; Empirical and Qualitative Studies of Literature; and Cognitive Theory and Literary Experience), the volume considers case studies from a wide range of historical periods and national literary traditions
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