Dynamics of Literary Response

The Definitive Work In Psychoanalytic Criticism Combining What Went Before With Brilliant New Insights And Theoretical Postulations. Psychiatry And Social Science Review Reading A Poem Or A Novel Seeing A Play Or A Film Is A Special Kind Of Experience. Yet The Essential Nature Of That Experience Has Remained A Mystery. Philosophers Have Discussed The WriterS Role And Critics The WriterS Craft But There Has Been Little Disciplined Inquiry Into The Relation Of Literature To PeopleS MindsThe Way In Which People Re-Create Within Themselves The Literary Experience. Norman Holland Approaches The Problem Armed With A Thorough Understanding Of Psychoanalytic Concepts And Develops A Comprehensive Theory Of The Psychology Of Literature That Deals With Poetry Theater And Film As Well As With Fiction Myth Pornography And Humor.