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'Kubla Khan' - Poetic Structure, Hypnotic Quality and Cognitive Style

A Study in Mental, Vocal and Critical Performance

'Kubla Khan' - Poetic Structure, Hypnotic Quality and Cognitive Style( )
Author: Tsur, Reuven
Series title:Human Cognitive Processing Ser.
ISBN:978-90-272-2369-2
Publication Date:Feb 2006
Publisher:John Benjamins Publishing Company
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $165.00
Book Description:

This book endorses Coleridge's statement: "nothing can permanently please which does not contain in itself the reason why it is so". It conceives 'Kubla Khan' as of a hypnotic poem, in which the "obtrusive rhythms" produce a hypnotic, emotionally heightened response, giving false security to the "Platonic Censor", so that our imagination is left free to explore higher levels of uncertainty. Critics intolerant of uncertainty tend to account for the poem's effect by extraneous background...
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Book Details
Pages:268
Detailed Subjects: Literary Criticism / Poetry
Psychology / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.396 x 9.555 Inches
Book Weight:1.386 Pounds



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