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The Lyric in the Age of the Brain
Nikki Skillman
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Hardcover. Science has transformed understandings of the mind, supplying physiological explanations for what once seemed transcendental. Nikki Skillman shows how lyric poets-caught between a reductive scientific view and naive literary metaphors-struggled to articulate a vision of consciousness that was both scientifically informed and poetically truthful. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DC; DS; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Exploration of our inner life once seemed a privileged domain of lyric poetry. Scientific discoveries, however, have recently transformed understandings of the mind, supplying physiological explanations for what was once believed to be transcendental. Caught between a powerful but reductive scientific view of the mind and traditional literary metaphors for consciousness that seem ever more naive, postwar American poets have struggled to articulate a vision of human consciousness that is both scientifically informed and poetically truthful. The Lyric in the Age of the Brain examines several contemporary poets-Robert Lowell, A. R. Ammons, Robert Creeley, James Merrill, John Ashbery, Jorie ... Read more
Exploration of our inner life once seemed a privileged domain of lyric poetry. Scientific discoveries, however, have recently transformed understandings of the mind, supplying physiological explanations for what was once believed to be transcendental. Caught between a powerful but reductive scientific view of the mind and traditional literary metaphors for consciousness that seem ever more naive, postwar American poets have struggled to articulate a vision of human consciousness that is both scientifically informed and poetically truthful. The Lyric in the Age of the Brain examines several contemporary poets-Robert Lowell, A. R. Ammons, Robert Creeley, James Merrill, John Ashbery, Jorie ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
652g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674545120
SKU
V9780674545120
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About Nikki Skillman
Nikki Skillman is Assistant Professor of English at Indiana University.
Reviews for The Lyric in the Age of the Brain
Nikki Skillman's clear and eloquent book reshapes the landscape of modern American poetry. It explores the distinctiveness of poets' engagement with the experience of mind, whether as embattled defenders of human mystery or shrewd explorers of synapses.
Jonathan Culler, Cornell University This important book argues that advances in brain science have made for significant changes in American poetry since the 1960s. ... Read more
Jonathan Culler, Cornell University This important book argues that advances in brain science have made for significant changes in American poetry since the 1960s. ... Read more