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  1. Practices of surprise in American literature after Emerson
    Author: Stanley, Kate
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

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    ISBN: 9781108426879
    Series: Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 180
    Subjects: American literature; Literature, Modern; Surprise in literature; Literatur; Überraschung <Motiv>
    Other subjects: Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882); Stein, Gertrude (1874-1946); Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882); Cage, John (1912-1992); James, Henry (1843-1916); Proust, Marcel (1871-1922); Larsen, Nella (1891-1964)
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  2. Elements of surprise
    our mental limits and the satisfactions of plot
    Author: Tobin, Vera
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Elements of Surprise opens with an novel but narrow focus: how a particular cognitive bias, the "curse of knowledge," underwrites stories that rely on what it calls "well-made surprise," as seen in (for example) classic detective fiction--that is,... more

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    Elements of Surprise opens with an novel but narrow focus: how a particular cognitive bias, the "curse of knowledge," underwrites stories that rely on what it calls "well-made surprise," as seen in (for example) classic detective fiction--that is, surprises in novels, films, television, and plays that set us up to be fooled in ways we find pleasing and satisfying. But from there, the book expands its reach. At its core, "cursed" thinking underlies almost everything people write, say, and think about both other people and our own pasts. The more information we have about something, and the more experience we have with it, the harder it is to step outside that experience. What unfolds is both a fresh approach to mental heuristics and biases and an ambitious work of cognitive literary criticism. Elements of Surprise provides a new and exciting way of thinking about the mechanics of narrative, explored through thoughtful readings of classic, popular, and obscure texts.-- Elementary problems -- The curse of knowledge? -- The poetics of surprise -- The naming of things -- Revelations, recognitions, and the satisfactions of plot -- When unreliability is a surprise -- When narration itself is a surprise -- So many things are obvious (now that we're at the end)

     
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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
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    ISBN: 9780674980204
    RVK Categories: EC 4520
    Subjects: Plots (Drama, novel, etc.); Surprise in literature; Literary anatomies; Narration (Rhetoric); Cognition
    Scope: 332 pages, 22 cm
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    Includes bibliographical references [pages 291-320] and index
  3. Elements of Surprise
    Our Mental Limits and the Satisfactions of Plot
    Author: Tobin, Vera
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
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    Subjects: Plots (Drama, novel, etc.); Surprise in literature; Literary anatomies; Narration (Rhetoric)
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    Frontmatter -- -- Contents -- -- Introduction -- -- 1. Elementary Problems -- -- 2. The Curse of Knowledge? -- -- 3. The Poetics of Surprise -- -- 4. The Naming of Things -- -- 5. Revelations, Recognitions, and the Satisfactions of Plot -- -- 6. When Unreliability Is a Surprise -- -- 7. When Narration Itself Is a Surprise -- -- 8. So Many Things Are Obvious (Now That We’re at the End) -- -- Notes -- -- References -- -- Acknowledgments -- -- Index
  4. Elements of surprise
    our mental limits and the satisfactions of plot
    Author: Tobin, Vera
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England

    Elements of Surprise opens with an novel but narrow focus: how a particular cognitive bias, the "curse of knowledge," underwrites stories that rely on what it calls "well-made surprise," as seen in (for example) classic detective fiction...that is,... more

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    Elements of Surprise opens with an novel but narrow focus: how a particular cognitive bias, the "curse of knowledge," underwrites stories that rely on what it calls "well-made surprise," as seen in (for example) classic detective fiction...that is, surprises in novels, films, television, and plays that set us up to be fooled in ways we find pleasing and satisfying. But from there, the book expands its reach. At its core, "cursed" thinking underlies almost everything people write, say, and think about both other people and our own pasts. The more information we have about something, and the more experience we have with it, the harder it is to step outside that experience. What unfolds is both a fresh approach to mental heuristics and biases and an ambitious work of cognitive literary criticism. Elements of Surprise provides a new and exciting way of thinking about the mechanics of narrative, explored through thoughtful readings of classic, popular, and obscure texts....

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
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    ISBN: 9780674980204
    RVK Categories: EC 4520
    Subjects: Plots (Drama, novel, etc.); Surprise in literature; Literary anatomies; Narration (Rhetoric); Cognition; Erzähltheorie; Überraschung
    Scope: 332 Seiten
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    Includes bibliographical references and index
  5. Practices of surprise in American literature after Emerson
    Author: Stanley, Kate
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

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    ISBN: 9781108426879
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    Series: Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 180
    Subjects: American literature; Literature, Modern; Surprise in literature; Literatur; Überraschung <Motiv>
    Other subjects: Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882); Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882); James, Henry (1843-1916); Stein, Gertrude (1874-1946); Larsen, Nella (1891-1964); Cage, John (1912-1992); Proust, Marcel (1871-1922)
    Scope: xi, 241 Seiten, 23 cm
  6. Elements of surprise
    our mental limits and the satisfactions of plot
    Author: Tobin, Vera
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Elementary problems -- The curse of knowledge? -- The poetics of surprise -- The naming of things -- Revelations, recognitions, and the satisfactions of plot -- When unreliability is a surprise -- When narration itself is a surprise -- So many things... more

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    Elementary problems -- The curse of knowledge? -- The poetics of surprise -- The naming of things -- Revelations, recognitions, and the satisfactions of plot -- When unreliability is a surprise -- When narration itself is a surprise -- So many things are obvious (now that we're at the end). Elements of Surprise opens with an novel but narrow focus: how a particular cognitive bias, the "curse of knowledge," underwrites stories that rely on what it calls "well-made surprise," as seen in (for example) classic detective fiction--that is, surprises in novels, films, television, and plays that set us up to be fooled in ways we find pleasing and satisfying. But from there, the book expands its reach. At its core, "cursed" thinking underlies almost everything people write, say, and think about both other people and our own pasts. The more information we have about something, and the more experience we have with it, the harder it is to step outside that experience. What unfolds is both a fresh approach to mental heuristics and biases and an ambitious work of cognitive literary criticism. Elements of Surprise provides a new and exciting way of thinking about the mechanics of narrative, explored through thoughtful readings of classic, popular, and obscure texts.--

     
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  7. Practices of surprise in American literature after Emerson
    Author: Stanley, Kate
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

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    ISBN: 9781108426879
    Series: Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 180
    Subjects: American literature; Literature, Modern; Surprise in literature
    Other subjects: Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882)
    Scope: xi, 241 Seiten, 23 cm
  8. Elements of surprise
    our mental limits and the satisfactions of plot
    Author: Tobin, Vera
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Elements of Surprise opens with an novel but narrow focus: how a particular cognitive bias, the "curse of knowledge," underwrites stories that rely on what it calls "well-made surprise," as seen in (for example) classic detective fiction--that is,... more

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    Elements of Surprise opens with an novel but narrow focus: how a particular cognitive bias, the "curse of knowledge," underwrites stories that rely on what it calls "well-made surprise," as seen in (for example) classic detective fiction--that is, surprises in novels, films, television, and plays that set us up to be fooled in ways we find pleasing and satisfying. But from there, the book expands its reach. At its core, "cursed" thinking underlies almost everything people write, say, and think about both other people and our own pasts. The more information we have about something, and the more experience we have with it, the harder it is to step outside that experience. What unfolds is both a fresh approach to mental heuristics and biases and an ambitious work of cognitive literary criticism. Elements of Surprise provides a new and exciting way of thinking about the mechanics of narrative, explored through thoughtful readings of classic, popular, and obscure texts.--

     
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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780674980204
    RVK Categories: EC 4520
    Subjects: Plots (Drama, novel, etc.); Surprise in literature; Literary anatomies; Narration (Rhetoric); Cognition; Cognition; Literary anatomies; Narration (Rhetoric); Plots (Drama, novel, etc.); Surprise in literature; Plots (Drama, novel, etc.); Surprise in literature; Literary anatomies; Narration (Rhetoric); Cognition
    Scope: 332 Seiten
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    Includes bibliographical references [pages 291-320] and index
  9. Elements of Surprise
    Our Mental Limits and the Satisfactions of Plot
    Author: Tobin, Vera
    Published: [2018]; © 2018
    Publisher:  Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA

    Why do some surprises delight-the endings of Agatha Christie novels, films like The Sixth Sense, the flash awareness that Pip's benefactor is not (and never was!) Miss Havisham? Writing at the intersection of cognitive science and narrative pleasure,... more

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    Why do some surprises delight-the endings of Agatha Christie novels, films like The Sixth Sense, the flash awareness that Pip's benefactor is not (and never was!) Miss Havisham? Writing at the intersection of cognitive science and narrative pleasure, Vera Tobin explains how our brains conspire with stories to produce those revelatory plots that define a "well-made surprise." By tracing the prevalence of surprise endings in both literary fiction and popular literature and showing how they exploit our mental limits, Tobin upends two common beliefs. The first is cognitive science's tendency to consider biases a form of moral weakness and failure. The second is certain critics' presumption that surprise endings are mere shallow gimmicks. The latter is simply not true, and the former tells at best half the story. Tobin shows that building a good plot twist is a complex art that reflects a sophisticated understanding of the human mind. Reading classic, popular, and obscure literature alongside the latest research in cognitive science, Tobin argues that a good surprise works by taking advantage of our mental limits. Elements of Surprise describes how cognitive biases, mental shortcuts, and quirks of memory conspire with stories to produce wondrous illusions, and also provides a sophisticated how-to guide for writers. In Tobin's hands, the interactions of plot and cognition reveal the interdependencies of surprise, sympathy, and sense-making. The result is a new appreciation of the pleasures of being had

     
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    Subjects: PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition; Cognition; Literary anatomies; Narration (Rhetoric); Plots (Drama, novel, etc.); Surprise in literature
    Scope: 1 online resource (310 pages)
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  10. Elements of surprise
    our mental limits and the satisfactions of plot
    Author: Tobin, Vera
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Elements of Surprise opens with an novel but narrow focus: how a particular cognitive bias, the "curse of knowledge," underwrites stories that rely on what it calls "well-made surprise," as seen in (for example) classic detective fiction--that is,... more

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    Elements of Surprise opens with an novel but narrow focus: how a particular cognitive bias, the "curse of knowledge," underwrites stories that rely on what it calls "well-made surprise," as seen in (for example) classic detective fiction--that is, surprises in novels, films, television, and plays that set us up to be fooled in ways we find pleasing and satisfying. But from there, the book expands its reach. At its core, "cursed" thinking underlies almost everything people write, say, and think about both other people and our own pasts. The more information we have about something, and the more experience we have with it, the harder it is to step outside that experience. What unfolds is both a fresh approach to mental heuristics and biases and an ambitious work of cognitive literary criticism. Elements of Surprise provides a new and exciting way of thinking about the mechanics of narrative, explored through thoughtful readings of classic, popular, and obscure texts.--

     
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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780674980204
    RVK Categories: EC 4520
    Subjects: Plots (Drama, novel, etc.); Surprise in literature; Literary anatomies; Narration (Rhetoric); Cognition; Cognition; Literary anatomies; Narration (Rhetoric); Plots (Drama, novel, etc.); Surprise in literature; Plots (Drama, novel, etc.); Surprise in literature; Literary anatomies; Narration (Rhetoric); Cognition
    Scope: 332 Seiten
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    Includes bibliographical references [pages 291-320] and index
  11. Elements of Surprise
    Our Mental Limits and the Satisfactions of Plot
    Author: Tobin, Vera
    Published: 2018
    Publisher:  Harvard University Press, Cambridge

    Elements of Surprise opens with an novel but narrow focus: how a particular cognitive bias, the "curse of knowledge," underwrites stories that rely on what it calls "well-made surprise," as seen in (for example) classic detective fiction--that is,... more

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    Elements of Surprise opens with an novel but narrow focus: how a particular cognitive bias, the "curse of knowledge," underwrites stories that rely on what it calls "well-made surprise," as seen in (for example) classic detective fiction--that is, surprises in novels, films, television, and plays that set us up to be fooled in ways we find pleasing and satisfying. But from there, the book expands its reach. At its core, "cursed" thinking underlies almost everything people write, say, and think about both other people and our own pasts. The more information we have about something, and the more experience we have with it, the harder it is to step outside that experience. What unfolds is both a fresh approach to mental heuristics and biases and an ambitious work of cognitive literary criticism. Elements of Surprise provides a new and exciting way of thinking about the mechanics of narrative, explored through thoughtful readings of classic, popular, and obscure texts.-- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Elementary Problems -- 2. The Curse of Knowledge? -- 3. The Poetics of Surprise -- 4. The Naming of Things -- 5. Revelations, Recognitions, and the Satisfactions of Plot -- 6. When Unreliability Is a Surprise -- 7. When Narration Itself Is a Surprise -- 8. So Many Things Are Obvious (Now That We're at the End) -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index

     
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    ISBN: 9780674919570
    Subjects: Plots (Drama, novel, etc.); Surprise in literature; Literary anatomies; Narration (Rhetoric); Cognition
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (345 pages)
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    Includes bibliographical references and index