1. An orientation

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. List of tables ix
4. Preface xi
5. Part 1. Introduction
6. 1. An orientation 3
7. 2. Similarities and differences across the psychology of art 7
8. 3. Competing psychological approaches to the arts 15
9. 4. The status of the scientific psychology of art 31
10. Part 2. The psychology of literature: An overview
11. 5. The psychology of literature 41
12. 6. A scientific psychology of literary content 53
13. Part 3. The psychological relevance of brief literary forms
14. 7. Poetry, autobiographies, and titles 67
15. 8. Literary names, indices, and clichés 79
16. 9. Quotations 91
17. Part 4. The psychological content of quotations: Person perception and attitudes to aging
18. 10. Person perception and the psychological ­attributes of the body 105
19. 11. A study of quotations on the psychological ­implications of the body 111
20. 12. Prologue: Aging and the arts 119
21. 13. Aging’s memorable lines 127
22. 14. The preoccupations of aging 131
23. 15. Evaluations of aging in quotations 143
24. Part 5. Conclusion
25. 16. Implications of a content-oriented psychology of literature 161
26. Notes 171
27. References cited 189
28. Index 205