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Dreaming by the Book by Scarry, Elaine is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Dreaming by the Book about?

"We often attribute to our imaginative life powers that go beyond ordinary perception or sensation. In Dreaming by the Book, the noted scholar Elaine Scarry explores the apparently miraculous processes by which poets and writers confer those powers on us: how they teach us the work of imaginative creation." "Dreaming by the Book is not only an original work of literary analysis but a sequence of on-the-spot mental experiments."--Jacket. Read more... Abstract: Just as painters understand paint, composers musical instruments, and sculptors stone or metal, verbal artists understand the only material in which their creations will get made - the back-lit tissue of the human brain. This book explores the almost miraculous processes by which poets and writers teach us the work of imaginative creation. Read more...

Who reads Dreaming by the Book?

Author

Scarry, Elaine

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780691070766

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Literary Criticism, Literary Fiction, History

Rating

3.99 / 5 (75 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14