Thomas De Quincey and the Cognitive Unconscious
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Theory, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
| Author: | Markus Iseli | ISBN: | 9781137501080 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | August 5, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | Markus Iseli |
| ISBN: | 9781137501080 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | August 5, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
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.
