The Lyric in the Age of the Brain
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Poetry History & Criticism
| Author: | Nikki Skillman | ISBN: | 9780674970090 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | June 6, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Nikki Skillman |
| ISBN: | 9780674970090 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | June 6, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
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 naïve literary metaphors—struggled to articulate a vision of consciousness that was both scientifically informed and poetically truthful.
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 naïve literary metaphors—struggled to articulate a vision of consciousness that was both scientifically informed and poetically truthful.
