Named as an Outstanding Academic Book of 1997 by CHOICE
Mark Turner is Institute Professor and Professor and Chair of Cognitive Science at Case Western Reserve University.
"By blending neuroscience and literary history in The Literary
Mind, Turner has created a story of his own, certain to set
billions of neurons firing....[An] audacious and remarkable book.
"--Toronto Globe and Mail
"Turner argues his case with brilliance and tenacity. I for one am
convinced."--Philosophy and Literature
"An incredibly rich overview of Turner's newest ideas, offering
scholars in both the humanities and cognitive sciences an excellent
tutorial on the literary mind."--Raymond Gibbs, Jr., Professor of
Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz
"Outstanding. This book will be a marvelous way for people to get
into cognitive science."--Suzanne E. Kemmer, Professor of
Linguistics, Rice University
"Turner's forceful book starts by showing how we use storying and
metaphor to understand everything from pouring a cup of coffee to
Proust. It ends with the splendidly bold claim that this storying,
literary mind comes first, before all other kinds of thought, even
language itself. Adventurous and convincing, Turner's work launches
a new understanding, not only of literature, but of what it is to
have a human brain. To read it is to think about thinking in a
way you never have."--Norman N. Holland, Marston-Milbauer Professor
of English, University of Florida
"A garden of many delights to be enjoyed by literary and scientific
minds? An elegant bridge between two worlds? Other mixed (blended)
metaphors apply to this book provided they tell the reader that
this is an intelligent text, equally valuable to literary scholars
and cognitive scientists."--Antonio R. Damasio, Professor of
Neurology, University of Iowa, and author of Descartes' Error
Review of THE LITERARY MIND: "A startling philosophical
investigation of the central role story plays in human cognition.
With resort to the tools of modern linguistics, to the fascinating
work of neuroscientists such as Gerald Edelman, to the literary
inventions of Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, and Proust, Mark Turner,
co author of the instructive study of classic prose style, Clear
and Simple as the Truth, examines how story, projection, and
parable
"make everyday life possible." . . . This is a challenging but
rewarding book, filled with seminal concepts that will ramify
throughout your understanding of consciousness, thought,
literature, and the origin and
nature of language." James Mustich, Jr., A Common Reader (January
1997, page 75).
"A lucid and engaging introduction to a complex field nobody can
afford to ignore."--Discover Magazine
"By blending neuroscience and literary history in The Literary
Mind, Turner has created a story of his own, certain to set
billions of neurons firing....Audacious and remarkable book.
"--Toronto Globe and Mail
"A deeply thoughtful meditation."--Choice
"A very rewarding and tightly argued book. The analyses are
ingenious and well-founded. Turner's work must be highly
recommended. . . . What Turner has achieved is important to the
study of literature. Indeed, on the present North American scene it
seems to be one of the most promising approaches." - Jørgen Dines
Johansen, The Semiotic Review of Books
"Bringing together so much from literature, folklore, linguistics,
philosophy, and even neuroscience, The Literary Mind offers a
boldly unified view of thinking. Because it posits the experience
of telling and listening to stories rather than the hidden
substructure of grammar as the basis for homo linguistics, it will
be controversial. Nevertheless, Turner argues his case with
brilliance and tenacity. I for one am convinced."--Dennis
Dutton,
Philosophy and Literature
"Written in a crystal-clear style, Turner's book is a triumph of
objective literary studies and an example of intelligence,
open-mindedness, and intellectual courage."--Thomas Pavel
(University of Chicago) Modern Philology
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