Editors:
- Brings together international scholars from the fields of psychology, creativity and literature
- Looks into the challenging question of how the arts and poetry in particular is used in human decision making and our search for meaning
- Focuses on contemporary challenges in these areas
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Culture (PASCC)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Poetic Resources as Tools to Make Meaning
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Front Matter
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The Poetic Roots of Creativity and Imagination
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Front Matter
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About this book
Reviews
“This exciting volume takes readers on a fascinating cross-disciplinary journey across multiple fields, including psychological science, literary studies, and cultural studies. I highly recommend this journey!” (Fathali M. Moghaddam, Professor and Director of the Interdisciplinary Program in Cognitive Science, Georgetown University, USA)
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Psychology, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Fylke, Norway
Olga V. Lehmann
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Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
Nandita Chaudhary
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Catholic University of Salvador and Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
Ana Cecilia Bastos
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Department of Psychology, Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, USA
Emily Abbey
About the editors
Nandita Chaudhary is Associate Professor at the University of Delhi, India.
Ana Cecilia Bastos is Professor at the Catholic University of Salvador and Federal University of Bahia, Brazil.
Emily Abbey is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Ramapo College of New Jersey, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Poetry And Imagined Worlds
Editors: Olga V. Lehmann, Nandita Chaudhary, Ana Cecilia Bastos, Emily Abbey
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Culture
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64858-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-64857-6Published: 24 January 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87889-8Published: 04 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-64858-3Published: 11 January 2018
Series ISSN: 2755-4503
Series E-ISSN: 2755-4511
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 301
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 14 illustrations in colour
Topics: Personality and Social Psychology, Emotion, Creative Writing, Poetry and Poetics