title: Metaphors, Narratives, Emotions: Their Interplay and Impact (Consciousness Literture & the Arts)
author: Stefn Sn]varr
description: <b>Stefn Snvarr</b> (Reykjavik, 1953) studied philosophy and related subjects in Norway and Germany. Professor at Lillehammer University College in Norway, he is the author of several books of various kind in English, Norwegian and Icelandic.
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  # Books and Culture
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Hamilton Wright Mabie
  
  
  This page formatted 2005 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  Chapter I. Material and Method.
  
  
  Chapter II. Time and Place.
  
  
  Chapter III. Meditation and Imagination.
  
  
  Chapter IV. The First Delight.
  
  
  Chapter V. The Feeling for Literature.
  
  
  Chapter VI. The Books of Life.
  
  
  Chapter VII. From the Book to the Reader.
  
  
  Chapter VIII. By Way of Illustration.
  
  
  Chapter IX. Personality.
  
  
  Chapter X. Liberation through Ideas.
  
  
  Chapter XI. The Logic of Free Life.
  
  
  Chapter XII. The Imagination.
  
  
  Chapter XIII. Breadth of Life.
  
  
  Chapter XIV. Racial Experience.
  
  
  Chapter XV. Freshness of Feeling.
  
  
  Chapter XVI. Liberation from One's Time.
  
  
  Chapter XVII. Liberation from One's Place.
  
  
  Chapter XVIII. The Unconscious Element.
  
  
  Chapter XIX. The Teaching of Tragedy.
  
  
  Chapter XX. The Culture Element in Fiction.
  
  
  Chapter XXI. Culture through Action.
  
  
  Chapter XXII. The Interpretation of