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The Confessions of a Synesthetic Reader (2020)

Configurations: A Journal of Literature, Science, and Technology
Volume: 28
Issue: 3
Pages: 333-358
Publication date: 2020
Language: English

DOI: 10.1353/con.2020.0015

URI: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/760338

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Synesthesia is a neuropsychological condition that causes the stimulation of one sense to evoke a sensation in another sense. One of the most common forms involves the perception of color in response to printed letters; for example, a black letter A might be perceived in the reader's mind as a red A. This essay explores the relevance of synesthesia to literary criticism by asking: What effect might perceiving the alphabet in luminous colors have on the experience of reading?

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