TY - BOOK ID - 77919843 TI - Literature and sensation PY - 2009 SN - 1282189654 9786612189654 1443802522 9781443802529 6612189657 9781443801164 144380116X 9781282189652 PB - Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., DB - UniCat KW - Senses and sensation in literature. KW - Emotions in literature. KW - Émotions KW - Sens et sensations KW - Dans la littérature. KW - Émotions KW - Dans la littérature. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77919843 AB - "I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train" (Oscar Wilde). Literature has always treated the sensational: crime, passion, violence, trauma, catastrophe. It has frequently caused, or been at the centre of scandal, censorship and moral outrage. But literature is also intricately connected with sensation in ways that are less well understood. It mediates between the sensory world, perception and cognition through rich modes of thought alli... ER -