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Thomas De Quincey and the Cognitive Unconscious (Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine)
Markus Iseli
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Description for Thomas De Quincey and the Cognitive Unconscious (Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine)
Hardcover. This book examines Thomas De Quincey's notion of the unconscious in the light of modern cognitive science and nineteenth-century science. It challenges Freudian theories as the default methodology in order to understand De Quincey's oeuvre and the unconscious in literature more generally. Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
This book examines Thomas De Quincey's notion of the unconscious in the light of modern cognitive science and nineteenth-century science. It challenges Freudian theories as the default methodology in order to understand De Quincey's oeuvre and the unconscious in literature more generally.
This book examines Thomas De Quincey's notion of the unconscious in the light of modern cognitive science and nineteenth-century science. It challenges Freudian theories as the default methodology in order to understand De Quincey's oeuvre and the unconscious in literature more generally.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137501073
SKU
V9781137501073
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99-15
About Markus Iseli
Markus Iseli holds a PhD from the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. He published articles in journals such as the European Romantic Review and Romanticism, and he is the recipient of a Swiss National Science Foundation research grant. His work on the cognitive unconscious in the nineteenth-century context also earned him the Henry-E.-Sigerist-Prize from the Swiss Society for the History of ... Read more
Reviews for Thomas De Quincey and the Cognitive Unconscious (Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine)
"Much more than a significant addition to De Quincey studies, Thomas de Quincey and the Cognitive Unconscious makes a key intervention into British Romantic scholarship as a whole, adding greatly to our understanding of the interrelations among science and literature in the period while powerfully enriching the key concept of "the unconscious." Original, lively, provocative, and scholarly, Markus Iseli's book ... Read more