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On Reading the History of Philosophy
Daniel Whistler
An exploration of the value of the history of philosophy as a reading practice—that is, as a practice through which words from a philosophical past can give rise to wonder, can alienate, can lead to transformational breakthroughs or can animate a will to create anew.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839988837
May 2024
Forthcoming
£110.00 / $110.00An exploration of the value of the history of philosophy as a reading practice—that is, as a practice through which words from a philosophical past can give rise to wonder, can alienate, can lead to transformational breakthroughs or can animate a will to create anew.
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Neurocomputational Poetics
How the Brain Processes Verbal Art
Arthur Jacobs
This book introduces a new thrilling field– neuro computational poetics, the scientific ‘marriage’ between cognitive poetics, data science and neuroscience – that aims at uncovering the secrets of verbal art reception.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839987700
July 2022
Active
£110.00 / $110.00This book introduces a new thrilling field– neuro computational poetics, the scientific ‘marriage’ between cognitive poetics, data science and neuroscience – that aims at uncovering the secrets of verbal art reception.
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Reading to Stay Alive
Tolstoy, Hopkins and the Dilemma of Existence
Christopher Dowrick
This book explores how literary reading can enable people considering suicide to stay alive.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781785278914
July 2022
Active
£125.00 / $125.00This book explores how literary reading can enable people considering suicide to stay alive.
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A Theory of Thrills, Sublime and Epiphany in Literature
Nigel Fabb
A psychological explanation of goosebumps and tears, of the epiphanic experience of seeing something ordinary in a profoundly new way, and of the overwhelming perception of the sublime. These experiences found in life and literature involve a feeling of coming to know something deeply important but impossible to describe.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781839984792
July 2022
Active
£125.00 / $125.00A psychological explanation of goosebumps and tears, of the epiphanic experience of seeing something ordinary in a profoundly new way, and of the overwhelming perception of the sublime. These experiences found in life and literature involve a feeling of coming to know something deeply important but impossible to describe.
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Reading as a Philosophical Practice
Robert Piercey
This book asks why reading matters so much to so many people. Its answer is that reading is a philosophical activity: a way of working through, and taking a stand on, fundamental questions about who and what we are, how we should live, and how we relate to other things.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781785276071
December 2020
Active
£125.00 / $125.00This book asks why reading matters so much to so many people. Its answer is that reading is a philosophical activity: a way of working through, and taking a stand on, fundamental questions about who and what we are, how we should live, and how we relate to other things.
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Rethinking Therapeutic Reading
Lessons from Seneca, Montaigne, Wordsworth and George Eliot
Kelda Green
foreword by Michael WoodThrough a combination of literary criticism and experimental psychology, ‘Rethinking Therapeutic Reading’ reconsiders the role that serious literary reading might play in the real world, reclaiming literature as a vital tool for dealing with human troubles.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781785273810
June 2020
Active
£125.00 / $125.00Through a combination of literary criticism and experimental psychology, ‘Rethinking Therapeutic Reading’ reconsiders the role that serious literary reading might play in the real world, reclaiming literature as a vital tool for dealing with human troubles.
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Literature and Transformation
A Narrative Study of Life-Changing Reading Experiences
Thor Magnus Tangerås
An inquiry into readers’ experiences of life-changing encounters with works of literature, the book uncovers the relationships between life-crises, being moved by literature and transformation of the self.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781785272943
February 2020
Active
£125.00 / $125.00An inquiry into readers’ experiences of life-changing encounters with works of literature, the book uncovers the relationships between life-crises, being moved by literature and transformation of the self.