posting for later, or something
I feel like I should read these, but I'm just too tired and keyed up about other stuff right now:
"Next Big Thing in English: Knowing They Know That You Know"
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/books/01lit.html
and a blog about the article, featuring responses from several critics:
http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/05/can-neuro-lit-crit-save-the-humanities/
ETA: Austenblog indicates that there is some discussion of Jane Austen somewhere in the article (wasn't Austen the author under discussion during another one of these neuro-crit articles?), and also provides a link to another article, about the healing power of Jane Austen (and fiction more generally):
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/7535768/The-healing-power-of-Jane-Austen.html
"Next Big Thing in English: Knowing They Know That You Know"
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/books/01lit.html
and a blog about the article, featuring responses from several critics:
http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/05/can-neuro-lit-crit-save-the-humanities/
ETA: Austenblog indicates that there is some discussion of Jane Austen somewhere in the article (wasn't Austen the author under discussion during another one of these neuro-crit articles?), and also provides a link to another article, about the healing power of Jane Austen (and fiction more generally):
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/7535768/The-healing-power-of-Jane-Austen.html