Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Dedication -- 1. Introduction: Strong experiences and what causes them -- 2. The study of strong experiences -- 3. Epistemic feelings and knowledge -- 4. Arousal, emotion and strong experiences -- 5. The psychological background -- 6. How literature triggers strong experiences -- 7. Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
A psychological explanation of goosebumps and tears, of the epiphanic experience of seeing something ordinary in a profoundly new way, and of the overwhelming perception of the sublime. These experiences found in life and literature involve a feeling of coming to know something deeply important but impossible to describe
