Cognitive Poetics and Cultural Memory (Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies)

by Mikhail Gronas (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2010

  $141.75

  Addresses the full range of psychological, social, and historical issues that bear on the mnemonic existence of modern literary works, particularly Russian literature. This book examines the concrete mnemonic qualities of poetry, as well as the social uses to which poetry memorization has historically been put to use.