Poetic conventions as cognitive fossils

Introduction: Where Do Conventions Come From? -- Some Implications Of D'andrade's Assumptions -- Poetic Conventions As Fossilized Cognitive Devices: The Case Of Medieval And Renaissance Poetics -- Frozen Formulae And Expressive Force: The Ballad Edward -- Artistic Devices And Mystical Qualities In Hebrew Devotional Poems -- Artistic Devices And Mystical Qualities In Hebrew Devotional Poems -- The Translated Poem As An Esthetic Object How Conventions Constrain One Another In A Poem -- The Translated Poem As An Esthetic Object How Conventions Constrain One Another In A Poem -- Some Remarks On The Nature Of Trochees And Iambs And Their Relationship To Other Meters -- Poetic Language And The Psychopathology Of Everyday Life. Reuven Tsur. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.