What We See When We Read

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What We See When We Read is a nonfiction book by designer and art director Peter Mendelsund that explores how readers mentally visualize characters, settings, and events during the act of reading.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary criticism book
nonfiction book
author Peter Mendelsund NERFINISHED
authorOccupation art director
designer
authorOfCoverDesign Peter Mendelsund NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
exploresConcept how readers imagine characters
how readers imagine events
how readers imagine settings
indeterminacy in literary description
interaction between text and imagination
minimal description in literature
reader participation in constructing images
visual cognition in reading
genre aesthetics of reading
literary criticism
nonfiction
hasFormat ebook
print
hasIllustrations true
hasNotableAspect focus on phenomenology of reading
highly visual layout
integration of design and criticism
use of diagrams and graphics
influencedBy cognitive psychology of reading
literary theory
visual design principles
language English
mainSubject cognitive processes in reading
fictional settings
literary characters
mental imagery
narrative perception
reader experience
reading
visualization in reading
publicationDate 2014
publisher Vintage NERFINISHED
Vintage Books NERFINISHED
relatedWork Cover
Reading Images NERFINISHED
targetAudience designers
readers
students of literature
writers
usesMedium illustration
text

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