Poetics of Cognition Thinking Through Experimental Poems |
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| Author:
| Luck, Jessica Lewis |
| Series title: | Contemp North American Poetry Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-60938-905-5 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2023 |
| Publisher: | University of Iowa Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $90.00 |
Book Description:
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Poetics of Cognition investigates the material effects of experimental poetics using new evidence emerging from cognitive science. It asks: How do experimental poems "think" and how do we think through them? Examining experimental modes such as the New Sentence, proceduralism, projective verse, sound poetry, and visual poetry, Jessica Lewis Luck argues that experimental poems materialize not so much the content as the activity of the embodied mind, and they can thus function as...
More Description Poetics of Cognition investigates the material effects of experimental poetics using new evidence emerging from cognitive science. It asks: How do experimental poems "think" and how do we think through them? Examining experimental modes such as the New Sentence, proceduralism, projective verse, sound poetry, and visual poetry, Jessica Lewis Luck argues that experimental poems materialize not so much the content as the activity of the embodied mind, and they can thus function as a powerful scaffolding for extended cognition, both for the writer and the reader. The cognitive research Luck draws upon suggests that the strangeness of experimental poetry can reshape the activity of the reader's mind, creating new forms of attention, perception, and cognition.