Toward a Theory of Cognitive Poetics Second, expanded and updated edition REUVEN TSUR “In one of the founding studies of cognitive literary crit- icism, Tsur combines earlier theoretical approaches (such as Russian formalism) with methods from cogni- tive psychology and other fields within cognitive science, resulting in a capacious and suggestive survey of many aspects of literary form in light of their perceived effects on readers.” Literary Theory and Criticism: An Oxford Guide This book has three distinctive characteristics: (1) It offers a widely interdisciplinary perspective. (2) It provides a comprehensive view of poetry, with groups of chapters on the Sound Stratum of Poetry (rhyme patterns and gestalt theory; metre and rhythm; expressiveness and musicality of speech sounds); the Toward a Theory of Cognitive Politics by REUVEN TSUR Units-of-Meaning Stratum (semantic representation and ISBN 978-1-84519-255-6 HB £75 / $99.95 information processing, metaphor, rhyme and meaning, ISBN 978-1-84519-256-3 PB £35 / $54.95 literary synaesthesia); the World Stratum; Regulative Concepts (genre, period style, archetypal patterns); the 720 pp. / 229 x 152 mm Available April 2008 Poetry of Orientation & Disorientation (experiential and mystic poetry versus poetry of emotional disorienta- tion; and the grotesque); the Poetry of Altered States of Consciousness (hypnotic and ecstatic poetry); Critics and Criticism; and Cognitive Poetics vs. Cognitive Linguistics. Reuven Tsur is Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Literature and Cognitive Poetics at Tel Aviv University, and Middle East vice (3) It goes into minute details of poetic texts, so as to president of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics. account for subtle intuitions of readers. Updating from His books include “Kubla Khan” – Poetic Structure, Hypnotic the first edition consists of samples from the author’s Quality and Cognitive Style: A Study in Mental, Vocal, and later instrumental study of the rhythmical performance Critical Performance; On The Shore of Nothingness: Space, of poetry and the expressiveness of speech sounds; and Rhythm, and Semantic Structure in Religious Poetry and its in three chapters responding to the later work of three Mystic-Secular Counterpart – A Study in Cognitive Poetics; and cognitive linguists. Poetic Rhythm: Structure and Performance – An Empirical Study in Cognitive Poetics. Sussex Academic Press titles are distributed in the UK, Europe and Rest of the World (excluding the US and Canada) by Gazelle Book Services White Cross Mills, Hightown, Lancaster LA1 4XS, UK Sussex Academic Press titles are distributed in the United States and Canada by Direct phone orders: +44 (0)1524 68765 International Specialized Book Services (post & pack in the UK, £3.95) 920 NE 58th Avenue, Suite 300 Portland, Oregon 97213-3644 A full listing of all subject categories Direct phone orders: (503) 287 3093 can be accessed at: (post & pack in the US, $5.50) www.sussex-academic.co.uk.