none 10.1075/lal.11 John Benjamins Publishing Company John Benjamins Publishing Company 1757 66132722 1420275 1420273 202507022322000033 10.1075 2025-07-02T17:21:23Z 2013-12-16T17:40:03Z 18 1569-3112 10.1075/lal https://benjamins.com/ catalog/lal Eefje Claassen Author Representations in Literary Reading investigates the role of the author in the mind of the reader. It is the first book-length empirical study on generated author inferences by readers of literature. It bridges the gap between theories which hold that the author is irrelevant and those that give him prominence. By combining insights and methods from both cognitive psychology and literary theory, this book contributes to a better understanding of how readers process literary texts and what role their assumptions about an author play. A series of experiments demonstrate that readers generate author inferences during the process of reading, which they use to create an image of the text’s author. The findings suggest that interpretations about the author play a pivotal role in the literary reading process. This book is relevant to scholars and students in all areas of the cognitive sciences, including literary studies and psychology. 11 2 15 2012 1 27 2012 9789027233455 9789027274939 John Benjamins Publishing Company Amsterdam 10.1075/lal.11 http://www.jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027274939 https://www.jbe-platform.com/deliver/fulltext/9789027274939.pdf https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1075/lal.11/html