Entranced By Story: Brain, Tale And Teller, From Infancy To Old Age (Children'S Literature And Culture)

Entranced by Story applies recent research on brain function to literary examples ranging from the Iliad and Wuthering Heights to Harold and the Purple Crayon, providing a groundbreaking exploration of the biological and neurological basis of the literary experience. Blending research, theory, and biographical anecdote, the author shows how it is the unique structure of the human brain, with its layering of sophisticated cognitive capacities upon archaic, emotion-driven functions, which best explains the mystery of story.

• | Author: Hugh Crago
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Apr 28, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 286 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 041574170X
• | ISBN-13: 9780415741705