Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. List of contributors vii
4. Preface xi
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
7. Part 1. Foundations of fictional worlds
8. Chapter 2. Immersion and emergence in children’s literature 15
9. Chapter 3. A predictive coding approach to Text World Theory 33
10. Chapter 4. World-building as cognitive feedback loop 53
11. Part 2. Forming fictional worlds
12. Chapter 5. Experiencing horrible worlds 75
13. Chapter 6. Framing the narrative 97
14. Chapter 7. Constructing inferiority through comic characterisation 119
15. Chapter 8. Cognitive grammar and reconstrual 135
16. Part 3. Fictional worlds in context
17. Chapter 9. Immersive reading and the unnatural text-worlds of “Dead Fish” 157
18. Chapter 10. Experiencing literature in the poetry classroom 177
19. Chapter 11. Sharing fiction 199
20. Chapter 12. Afterword 219
21. Subject index 225