Such stuff as dreams : the psychology of fiction / Keith Oatley.

Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.

xiv, 275 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Fiction as dream: models, world-building, simulation -- The space-in-between: childhood play as the entrance to fiction -- Creativity: imagined worlds -- Character, action, incident: mental models of people and their doings -- Emotions: scenes in the imagination -- Writing fiction: cues for the reader -- Effects of fiction: is fiction good for you? -- Talking about fiction: interpretation in conversation.

Includes bibliographical references and index.