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Tuning the Self

George Herbert's Poetry as Cognitive Behaviour

Eelco Van Es
Livre broché | Anglais | European Semiotics / Sémiotiques Européennes | n° 12
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This book provides a cognitive analysis of the poetry of George Herbert (1593- 1633). From Herbert's own thinking, recorded in his prose treatises, can be deduced that his poems should serve a specific function: teaching self-knowledge to his readers. Self-knowledge is a necessary skill, to be applied in one's strife for 'temperance' the regulation of body, house, church, mind, and community. To Herbert, the meaning of his poems is subservient to this function: poetry should aid his readers to temper their lives. The cognitive framework applied here can serve to explain this function. Following Merlin Donald's theory of cognitive evolution, art serves the purpose of mimetic meta-cognition: a specific cognitive strategy at the disposal of a county priest. Moreover, a cognitive framework can serve to explain why the Herbert-tradition has paid so little attention to this artistic function; this tradition operates within specific confines, the same confines that Herbert sought to compensate with his poetry and his thinking.

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Nombre de pages :
146
Langue:
Anglais
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Tome:
n° 12

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EAN:
9783034313780
Date de parution :
18-07-13
Format:
Livre broché
Format numérique:
Trade paperback (VS)
Dimensions :
170 mm x 240 mm
Poids :
289 g

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