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The spider's thread : metaphor in mind, brain, and poetry / Keith J. Holyoak.

Van Pelt Library PN1083.P74 H65 2019
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Holyoak, Keith James, 1950- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Poetry--Psychological aspects.
Poetry.
Psychology and literature.
Metaphor--Psychological aspects.
Metaphor.
Physical Description:
xvii, 270 pages ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2019.
Contents:
The space within
Launching the filament
I'm a riddle
The road from Xanadu
Make this river flow
The mind is like this
The brain is wider than the sky
Breaking it down
Spinning the web
What rough beast?
Poetic lightness
The hunger of imagination
Free in the tearing wind
The authenticity of footprints
Education by poetry.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780262039222
0262039222
OCLC:
1031409553
Publisher Number:
40028846919

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