Colors of the Mind
Conjectures on Thinking in Literature
An enquiry into how thought itself is represented in literature, from Shakespeare to Henry James.
Fletcher asks how thinking is represented in literature: how Shakespeare thinks in the plays, how Henry James thinks in the late novels, how Dickinson thinks in a poem. The book treats thought as something literature performs rather than reports, and offers a way of reading that Harold Bloom extended to Whitman.
Recommended by 1 Person
Harold Bloom
It’s the question of how Shakespeare thinks in his plays and sonnets, of how Henry James thinks in his late, intricate work, or of how Emily Dickinson thinks in her extraordinary poems. I’ve tried to extend Angus Fletcher’s way of looking at the mind as represented in art to the greatest American poet, Walt Whitman, who thinks through metaphors.
Interview · August 2011
As an Amazon Associate, bookstoread.org earns from qualifying purchases. Links to Amazon on this page may earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. Spotted an error on this page? Tell us and we will fix it.