The Gestalts of Mind and Text

Chanita Goodblatt, Joseph Glicksohn

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Routledge
29 January 2024

linguistics; Literature: history & criticism; Psychological theory & schools of thought; Perception

Series: Studies and Research in the Psychology of Art

The Gestalts of Mind and Text bridges literary studies and cognitive psychology to provide a unique contribution to the field of Cognitive Literary Studies. The book presents an investigation of metaphor in poetic texts, adopting and developing empirical methods used by Gestalt Psychology, while integrating concepts informed by Gestalt Psychology.

The title indicates an intellectual tradition, to be termed the Gestalt of the Mind, that begins with the Würzburg School of Psychology and its subsequent development into Gestalt Psychology, which provides a rich heritage for the field of Cognitive Literary Studies. The title further indicates an intellectual and creative tradition, to be termed the Gestalt of the Text, applied to various literary schools (Medieval, Early Modern, Modernist). Finally, the Gestalt-Interaction Theory of Metaphor delineates the potentialities for different types of readings of poetic metaphor. This book further makes three significant contributions: the first is the focus on the empirical investigation of metaphor in poetic texts; the second is the integration of the aspects of problem-solving, bidirectionality of metaphor, embodied cognition and the grotesque, in analyzing poetic texts and verbal protocols; and the third is the focus on various literary traditions, spanning languages and periods.

The goal of this book is to present an interdisciplinary study of the Gestalts of Mind and Text. This will be of interest to a varied audience, including cognitive psychologists, literary scholars, researchers in aesthetics, scholars of metaphor and those with an interest in intellectual history.

By: Chanita Goodblatt, Joseph Glicksohn
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032268316
ISBN 10: 103226831X
Series: Studies and Research in the Psychology of Art
Pages: 180
Publication Date: 29 January 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chanita Goodblatt is a Professor in the Department of Foreign Literatures & Linguistics at Ben-Gurion University. She works on English, American and Israeli poetry, focusing on the use of Bakhtinian discourse, as well as on the cognitive dimensions of metaphor. Joseph Glicksohn is a Professor in the Department of Criminology, and in the Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, at Bar-Ilan University. He was trained in cognitive psychology, with a focus on the study of subjective experience and metaphoric thinking.

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The Gestalts of Mind and Text

Chanita Goodblatt, Joseph Glicksohn

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