Literature and Emotion

<p><em>Literature and Emotion</em> not only provides a defining overview of the field but also engages with emerging trends. Answering key questions such as ‘What is emotion?’ and ‘Why emotion and literature today?’ Patrick Colm Hogan presents a clear and accessible introduction to this exciting topic. Readers should come away from the book with a systematic understanding of recent research on and theorization of emotion knowledge of the way affective science has impacted literary study and a sense of how to apply that understanding and knowledge to literary works. </p>