Empirical Studies of Literature --

Empirical Studies of Reading

Summary and critique of selected papers, written and edited by
Cathelein Aaftink, Paul Campbell, and David S. Miall

Departments of Comparative Literature and English and Film Studies, University of Alberta
inquiries and comments to David.Miall@Ualberta.Ca

Contents

Bourdieu, 1984 Bourdieu, Pierre. "Introduction." Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste. Trans. Richard Nice. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 1984. 1-7.

Carroll, 2004 Carroll, Joseph. "'Theory,' Anti-Theory, and Empirical Criticism." Literary Darwinism: Evolution, Human Nature, and Literature. New York: Routledge, 2004. 29-40.

De Certeau, 1984 De Certeau, Michel. "Reading as Poaching." The Practice of Everyday Life. Trans. Steven F. Rendall. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984. 165-176.

Darnton, 1990 Darnton, Robert. "First Steps Toward a History of Reading." The Kiss of Lamourette: Reflections in Cultural History. New York: W.W. Norton, 1990. 154-187.

Gerrig, 1993 Gerrig, Richard. Experiencing Narrative Worlds: On the Psychological Activities of Reading. New Haven: Yale UP, 1993. 1-25.

Dissanayake, 1999 Dissanayake, Ellen. "'Making Special': An Undescribed Human Universal and the Core of a Behavior of Art." Biopoetics: Evolutionary Explorations in the Arts. Eds. Brett Cooke and Frederick Turner. Lexington, Kentucky: ICUS, 1999. 27-46.

Hogan, 1997 Hogan, Patrick Colm. "Literary Universals." Poetics Today 18 (1997): 223-249.

Kloek & Kruif, 2001 Kloek, Joost and José Kruif. "Readers and Reading Behavior in the Past. The Question Is: What Is the Question?" The Psychology and Sociology of Literature: In Honor of Elrud Ibsch. Eds. Dick Schram and Gerard Steen. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2001. 315-322.

Kuiken, 1998 Kuiken, Don. "Understanding the Depth Metaphor in Aesthetic Experience: Pressing the Limits of Psychological Inquiry." Toward a Psychology of Persons. Ed. William E. Smythe. New York: Erlbaum, 1998. 101-117.

Livingstone & Mele, 1997 Livingstone, Paisley, and Alfred R. Mele. "Evaluating Emotional Responses to Fiction." Emotion and the Arts. Ed. Mette Hjort and Sue Laver. New York: Oxford UP, 1997. 157-176.

Miall, 2001 David S. Miall, "Literary Discourse." Handbook of Discourse Processes. Eds. Art Graesser, Morton Ann Gernsbacher, and Susan R. Goldman. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003. 321-355.

Miall, 2001 Miall, David S. "An Evolutionary Framework for Literary reading," The Psychology and Sociology of Literature: In Honour of Elrud Ibsch. Eds. Gerard Steen and Dick Schram. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2001. 407-419.

Miall & Kuiken, 2002 Miall, David S., and Don Kuiken. "A Feeling for Fiction: Becoming What We Behold." Poetics 30 (2002): 221-241.

Rose, 1992 Rose, Jonathan. "Rereading the English Common Reader: A Preface to the History of Audiences." Journal of the History of Ideas 53 (1992): 47-70.

Smith, 1988 Smith, Barbara Herrnstein. Contingencies of Value: Alternative Perspectives for Critical Theory. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1988.

Van Peer, 1997 Van Peer, Willie. "Toward a Poetics of Emotion." Emotion and the Arts. Ed. Mette Hjort and Sue Laver. New York: Oxford UP, 1997. 215-224.

Other documents

Native readers Reading: Native Readers. Selected passages and summaries from Macgill (1914), Hillyer (1967), Acorn (1912), Burnham (1969).

Document created March 4th 2005 / Updated September 21st 2005

Bourdieu, 1984	Bourdieu, Pierre. "Introduction." Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste. Trans. Richard Nice. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 1984. 1-7.
Carroll, 2004	Carroll, Joseph. "'Theory,' Anti-Theory, and Empirical Criticism." Literary Darwinism: Evolution, Human Nature, and Literature. New York: Routledge, 2004. 29-40.
De Certeau, 1984	De Certeau, Michel. "Reading as Poaching." The Practice of Everyday Life. Trans. Steven F. Rendall. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984. 165-176.
Darnton, 1990	Darnton, Robert. "First Steps Toward a History of Reading." The Kiss of Lamourette: Reflections in Cultural History. New York: W.W. Norton, 1990. 154-187.
Gerrig, 1993	Gerrig, Richard. Experiencing Narrative Worlds: On the Psychological Activities of Reading. New Haven: Yale UP, 1993. 1-25.
Dissanayake, 1999	Dissanayake, Ellen. "'Making Special': An Undescribed Human Universal and the Core of a Behavior of Art." Biopoetics: Evolutionary Explorations in the Arts. Eds. Brett Cooke and Frederick Turner. Lexington, Kentucky: ICUS, 1999. 27-46.
Hogan, 1997	Hogan, Patrick Colm. "Literary Universals." Poetics Today 18 (1997): 223-249.
Kloek & Kruif, 2001	Kloek, Joost and José Kruif. "Readers and Reading Behavior in the Past. The Question Is: What Is the Question?" The Psychology and Sociology of Literature: In Honor of Elrud Ibsch. Eds. Dick Schram and Gerard Steen. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2001. 315-322.
Kuiken, 1998	Kuiken, Don. "Understanding the Depth Metaphor in Aesthetic Experience: Pressing the Limits of Psychological Inquiry." Toward a Psychology of Persons. Ed. William E. Smythe. New York: Erlbaum, 1998. 101-117.
Livingstone & Mele, 1997	Livingstone, Paisley, and Alfred R. Mele. "Evaluating Emotional Responses to Fiction." Emotion and the Arts. Ed. Mette Hjort and Sue Laver. New York: Oxford UP, 1997. 157-176.
Miall, 2001	David S. Miall, "Literary Discourse." Handbook of Discourse Processes. Eds. Art Graesser, Morton Ann Gernsbacher, and Susan R. Goldman. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003. 321-355.
Miall, 2001	Miall, David S. "An Evolutionary Framework for Literary reading," The Psychology and Sociology of Literature: In Honour of Elrud Ibsch. Eds. Gerard Steen and Dick Schram. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2001. 407-419.
Miall & Kuiken, 2002	Miall, David S., and Don Kuiken. "A Feeling for Fiction: Becoming What We Behold." Poetics 30 (2002): 221-241.
Rose, 1992	Rose, Jonathan. "Rereading the English Common Reader: A Preface to the History of Audiences." Journal of the History of Ideas 53 (1992): 47-70.
Smith, 1988	Smith, Barbara Herrnstein. Contingencies of Value: Alternative Perspectives for Critical Theory. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1988.
Van Peer, 1997	Van Peer, Willie. "Toward a Poetics of Emotion." Emotion and the Arts. Ed. Mette Hjort and Sue Laver. New York: Oxford UP, 1997. 215-224.
	Other documents
Native readers	Reading: Native Readers. Selected passages and summaries from Macgill (1914), Hillyer (1967), Acorn (1912), Burnham (1969).