Buch, Englisch, Band 35, 478 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 780 g
Reihe: Utrecht Publications in General and Comparative Literature
In honor of Elrud Ibsch
Buch, Englisch, Band 35, 478 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 780 g
Reihe: Utrecht Publications in General and Comparative Literature
ISBN: 978-90-272-2224-4
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company
The chapters are all invited and refereed contributions, collected to honor the scholarship and retirement of professor Elrud Ibsch, of the Free University of Amsterdam. Together they represent the state of the art in the empirical study of literature, a movement in literary studies which aims to produce reliable and valid scientific knowledge about literature as a means of verbal communication in its cultural context. Elrud Ibsch was one of the pioneers in Europe to promote this approach to literature some 25 years ago, and this volume takes stock of what has happened since.
The Psychology and Sociology of Literature presents an invaluable overview of the results, promises, gaps, and needs of the empirical study of literature. It addresses social scientists as well as scholars in the humanities who are interested in literature as discourse.