Title
How Do We Read What Isn’t There to Be Read? Shadow Stories and Permanent Gaps
Document Type
Essay
Annotation
Cognitive approach briefly discussing the lack of reference to Nick’s war experience in “Big Two-Hearted River.” Notes that while this “shadow story” adds depth to Nick’s emotions and ritualized behaviors, it remains unverifiable.
Published in
The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Literary Studies
Date
2015
Pages
104-119
COinS
Citation
Abbott, H. Porter. “How Do We Read What Isn’t There to Be Read? Shadow Stories and Permanent Gaps.” In The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Literary Studies, edited by Lisa Zunshine, 104-19. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2015.