Thomas De Quincey and the Cognitive Unconscious
Description
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.
Keywords
Literary CriticismSemiotics & TheorySocial ScienceEuropeanModern19th CenturyLanguage Arts & DisciplinesLinguisticsHistorical & ComparativeAnthropologyCultural & Social
2015Book
Author(s)Markus Iseli
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9781137501073
LanguageEnglish
