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Article: Cognitive Science, Literature, and the Arts: A Guide for Humanists.(Book Review)
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Hogan, Patrick Colm. 2003. Cognitive Science, Literature, and the Arts: A Guide for Humanists. London and New York: Routledge. $85.00 hc. $19.95 sc. 244 pp.
The cognitive revolution that has affected so many areas of contemporary thought is currently capturing literary studies as part of its stronghold. In addition to the many popular cognitive scientists who have extended the discipline's reach into the literary mind, like Steven Pinker or George Lakoff, we have begun to see an impact on current literature and also literary criticism.
Patrick Colm Hogan's aptly named book, Cognitive Science, Literature, and the Arts: A Guide for Humanists, is a solid ...