Joan Peskin

List of John Benjamins publications in which Joan Peskin is involved.

Journal

Scientific Study of Literature

Edited by David I. Hanauer

ISSN 2210-4372 | E‑ISSN 2210‑4380

Title

A Life with Poetry: The development of poetic literacy

Joan Peskin and David I. Hanauer

This volume examines the development of poetic literacy including the specific processes used by expert poetry readers and professional poets. In doing so it provides a much needed synthesis of research findings across diverse domains such as human development, the scientific study of literature,… read more

[Linguistic Approaches to Literature, 41] 2023. x, 194 pp.

Articles

Bischoff, Theanna and Joan Peskin 2014 Do fiction writers have superior perspective taking ability? Scientific Study of Literature 4:2, pp. 125–149 | Article

In investigating the relationship between fiction writing and perspective taking, beliefs about the ability of fiction writers to correctly infer the mental states of others were assessed via survey, in comparison to other professions. Next, two groups of fiction writers (established and… read more

Peskin, Joan 2012 Review of Van Peer, Hakemulder & Zyngier (2012): Scientific methods for the humanities Scientific Study of Literature 2:2, pp. 326–329 | Review

Peskin, Joan and David R. Olson 2004 On reading poetry: Expert and novice knowledge Language Development across Childhood and Adolescence, Berman, Ruth A. (ed.), pp. 211–232 | Chapter