Author : Markus Iseli
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137501081
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Thomas De Quincey and the Cognitive Unconscious by : Markus Iseli
Download or read book Thomas De Quincey and the Cognitive Unconscious written by Markus Iseli and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.