The Spider's Thread - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Spider's Thread write by Keith J. Holyoak. This book was released on 2024-03-12. The Spider's Thread available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An examination of metaphor in poetry as a microcosm of the human imagination—a way to understand the mechanisms of creativity. In The Spider's Thread, Keith Holyoak looks at metaphor as a microcosm of the creative imagination. Holyoak, a psychologist and poet, draws on the perspectives of thinkers from the humanities—poets, philosophers, and critics—and from the sciences—psychologists, neuroscientists, linguists, and computer scientists. He begins each chapter with a poem—by poets including Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Sylvia Plath, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Theodore Roethke, Du Fu, William Butler Yeats, and Pablo Neruda—and then widens the discussion to broader notions of metaphor and mind. Holyoak uses Whitman's poem “A Noiseless Patient Spider” to illustrate the process of interpreting a poem, and explains the relevance of two psychological mechanisms, analogy and conceptual combination, to metaphor. He outlines ideas first sketched by Coleridge—who called poetry “the best words in their best order”—and links them to modern research on the interplay between cognition and emotion, controlled and associative thinking, memory and creativity. Building on Emily Dickinson's declaration “the brain is wider than the sky,” Holyoak suggests that the control and default networks in the brain may combine to support creativity. He also considers, among other things, the interplay of sound and meaning in poetry; symbolism in the work of Yeats, Jung, and others; indirect communication in poems; the mixture of active and passive processes in creativity; and whether artificial intelligence could ever achieve poetic authenticity. Guided by Holyoak, we can begin to trace the outlines of creativity through the mechanisms of metaphor.
By a Spider's Thread
By a Spider's Thread - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook By a Spider's Thread write by Laura Lippman. This book was released on 2015-03-03. By a Spider's Thread available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 'A very special kind of twisted genius.' SARAH HILARY 'A gripping thriller.' Woman's Own 'One of the best crime novelists writing today.' TESS GERRITSEN 'A hair-raising ride.' Boston Globe A TESS MONAGHAN MYSTERY P. I. Tess Monaghan breaks her 'no domestic disputes' rule when she takes on the case of Natalie Rubin, a middle-class wife and mother of three, who has vanished without trace and taken her young children with her. Her husband, Mark, is devastated - he thought they were happy - but Tess is left uneasy by his evident desire to control his wife. Was that the reason that she fled? In her search for Natalie and her children, Tess uncovers explosive secrets that the family has been hiding and the question remains, how far would they go to keep their secrets hidden forever? 'Nice characters, always surprising, never dull, just wonderful!!' 5* reader review 'An enticing read. Once I started, I didn't want to put the book down.' 5* reader review 'A great thriller - I highly recommend it!' 5* reader review 'A totally complete mystery novel!' 5* reader review
The Spider's Thread
The Spider's Thread - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Spider's Thread write by Ryunosuke Akutagawa. This book was released on 2003-12-01. The Spider's Thread available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Spider's Bite
Spider's Bite - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Spider's Bite write by Jennifer Estep. This book was released on 2010-01-26. Spider's Bite available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Follow Gin Blanco, a kick-butt female assassin who moonlights at a BBQ joint in Tennessee, as she searches for the person who double-crossed her in this heart-pounding and fresh paranormal romance series. After Gin’s family was murdered by a Fire elemental when she was thirteen, she lived on the streets and eventually became an assassin to survive. Now, Gin is assigned to rub out an Ashland businessman, but it turns out to be a trap. After Gin’s handler is brutally murdered, she teams up with the sexy detective investigating the case to figure out who double-crossed her and why. Only one thing is for sure—Gin has no qualms about killing her way to the top of the conspiracy.
The Spider's War
The Spider's War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Spider's War write by Daniel Abraham. This book was released on 2016-03-08. The Spider's War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The epic conclusion to The Dagger and The Coin series, perfect for fans of George R.R. Martin. Lord Regent Geder Palliako's great war has spilled across the world, nation after nation falling before the ancient priesthood and weapon of dragons. But even as conquest follows conquest, the final victory retreats before him like a mirage. Schism and revolt begin to erode the foundations of the empire, and the great conquest threatens to collapse into a permanent conflict of all against all. In Carse, with armies on all borders, Cithrin bel Sarcour, Marcus Wester, and Clara Kalliam are faced with the impossible task of bringing a lasting peace to the world. Their tools: traitors high in the imperial army, the last survivor of the dragon empire, and a financial scheme that is either a revolution or the greatest fraud in the history of the world. For more from Daniel Abraham, check out: The Dagger and the Coin The Dragon's Path The King's Blood The Tyrant's Law The Widow's House The Spider's War
