{"product_id":"deeper-than-reason-emotion-and-its-role-in-literature-music-and-art-9780199204267","title":"Deeper Than Reason: Emotion and Its Role in Literature, Music, and Art","description":"\u003cem\u003eDeeper than Reason\u003c\/em\u003e takes the insights of modern psychological and neuroscientific research on the emotions and brings them to bear on questions about our emotional involvement with the arts. Robinson begins by laying out a theory of emotion, one that is supported by the best evidence from\u003cbr\u003ecurrent empirical work on emotions, and then in the light of this theory examines some of the ways in which the emotions function in the arts. Written in a clear and engaging style, her book will make fascinating reading for anyone who is interested in the emotions and how they work, as well as\u003cbr\u003eanyone engaged with the arts and aesthetics, especially with questions about emotional expression in the arts, emotional experience of art forms, and, more generally, artistic interpretation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart One develops a theory of emotions as processes, having at their core non-cognitive instinctive appraisals, deeper than reason, which automatically induce physiological changes and action tendencies, and which then give way to cognitive monitoring of the situation. Part Two examines the role\u003cbr\u003eof the emotions in understanding literature, especially the great realistic novels of the nineteenth century. Robinson argues that such works need to be experienced emotionally if they are to be properly understood. A detailed reading of Edith Wharton's novel \u003cem\u003eThe Reef\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates how a great novel\u003cbr\u003ecan educate us emotionally by first evoking instinctive emotional responses and then getting us to cognitively monitor and reflect upon them. Part Three puts forward a new Romantic theory of emotional expression in the arts. Part Four deals with music, both the emotional expression of emotion in\u003cbr\u003emusic, whether vocal or instrumental, and the arousal of emotion by music. The way music arouses emotion lends indirect support to the theory of emotion outlined in Part One. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile grounded in the science of emotion, \u003cem\u003eDeeper than Reason\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates the continuing importance of the arts and humanities to our lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jenefer Robinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Clarendon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/14\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 515\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.62w x 1.15d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199204267\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clarendon Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40058165821555,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":52.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_e881f924-bd87-42cc-bedf-a7ea1243796b.jpg?v=1651586135","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/deeper-than-reason-emotion-and-its-role-in-literature-music-and-art-9780199204267","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}