This Work Brings Together Researchers With Cognitive-scientific And Literary Backgrounds To Present Innovative Research In All Three Variations On The Possible Interactions Between Literary Studies And Cognitive Science. A Window On To The Landscape Of Cognitive Literary Science / Emily T. Troscianko And Michael Burke -- Scientific Concepts In Literary Studies: Towards Criteria For The Meeting Of Literature And Cognitive Science / Marcus Hartner -- Towards A 'natural' Bond Of Cognitive And Affective Narratology / Caroline Pirlet And Andreas Wirag -- 'annihilation Of Self': The Cognitive Challenge Of The Sublime / David S. Miall -- The Space Between Your Ears: Construal Level Theory, Cognitive Science, And Science Fiction / James Carney -- Patterns Of Thought: Narrative And Verse / Brian Boyd -- Simulation And The Structure Of Emotional Memory: Learning From Arthur Miller's After The Fall / Patrick Colm Hogan -- Cognitive Science And The Double Vision Of Fiction / Merja Polvinen -- Fantastic Cognition / Karin Kukkonen -- Feedback In Teading And Disordered Eating / Emily T. Troscianko -- Animal Minds Across Discourse Domains / David Herman -- Embodied Dynamics In Literary Experience / Raymond W. Gibbs Jr. -- How Readers' Lives Affect Narrative Experiences / Richard J. Gerrig And Micah L. Mumper -- On Truth And Fiction / Keith Oatley -- Under Pressure: Norms, Rules, And Coercion In Linguistic Analyses And Literary Readings / Alexander Bergs -- Affective And Aesthetic Processes In Literary Reading: A Neurocognitive Poetics Perspective / Arthur M. Jacobs. Edited By Michael Burke And Emily T. Troscianko. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.