The Psychology And Sociology Of Literature: In Honor Of Elrud Ibsch (utrecht Publications In General And Comparative Literature)

The Psychology and Sociology of Literature Utrecht Publications in General and Comparative Literature Editorial Board Hans Bertens (chair) – Douwe Fokkema – Harald Hendrix Joost Kloek (secretary) – Sophie Levie – Ann Rigney International Advisory Board David Bellos University of Manchester Elrud Ibsch Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Keith Busby University of Oklahoma Jørgen Dines Johansen University of Odense Matei Calinescu Indiana University Donald Maddox University of Connecticut Yves Chevrel University of Paris-Sorbonne Virgil Nemoianu Catholic University of America Erika Fischer-Lichte Free University Berlin John Neubauer University of Amsterdam Armin Paul Frank University of Göttingen Stephen G. Nichols University of Pennsylvania Gerald Gillespie Stanford University Willie van Peer University of Munich Hendrik van Gorp Catholic University of Louvain Roland Posner Technical University of Berlin Thomas M. Greene Yale University Bernhard F. Scholz Groningen University Claudio Guillén Harvard University Maria-Alzira Seixo University of Lisbon Walter Haug University of Tübingen Mario J. Valdés University of Toronto Linda Hutcheon University of Toronto Inquiries and submissions should be addressed to: The editors, Utrecht Publications in General and Comparative Literature Vakgroep Literatuurwetenschap, Utrecht University Muntstraat 4, 3512 EV UTRECHT, The Netherlands Volume 35 The Psychology and Sociology of Literature: In honor of Elrud Ibsch Edited by Dick Schram and Gerard Steen The Psychology and Sociology of Literature In honor of Elrud Ibsch Edited by Dick Schram Gerard Steen John Benjamins Publishing Company Amsterdam / Philadelphia 8 TM The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences – Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ansi z39.48-1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Psychology and Sociology of Literature : In honor of Elrud Ibsch / edited by Dick Schram and Gerard Steen. p. cm. (Utrecht Publications in General and Comparative Literature, issn 0167–8175; v. 35) Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 1. Literature--History and critcism. I. Ibsch, Elrud. II. Schram, Dick H. III. Steen, Gerard. IV. Series. PN36.P78 2001 809--dc21 2001025303 isbn 90 272 2224 X (Eur.) / 1 58811 024 9 (US) (Hb; alk. paper) © 2001 – John Benjamins B.V. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by print, photoprint, microfilm, or any other means, without written permission from the publisher. John Benjamins Publishing Co. · P.O. Box 36224 · 1020 me Amsterdam · The Netherlands John Benjamins North America · P.O. Box 27519 · Philadelphia pa 19118-0519 · usa "ste1"> "gro"> "sch1"> "gra"> "zwa"> "dij"> "han"> "hoo"> "ste2"> "gio"> "pee"> TITLE "Table of contents" SUBJECT "Utrecht Publications in General and Comparative Literature, Volume 35" KEYWORDS "" SIZE HEIGHT "220" WIDTH "150" VOFFSET "4"> Table of contents Preface The empirical study of literature: Psychology, sociology, and other disciplines Gerard Steen and Dick Schram vii 1 Literary creativity Norbert Groeben 17 Qualitative methods in studying text reception Margrit Schreier 35