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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Markus IseliPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Edition: 1st ed. 2015 Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 4.287kg ISBN: 9781137501073ISBN 10: 1137501073 Pages: 248 Publication Date: 06 August 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of Tables Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction PART I: LANGUAGE 1. The Need for Neologisms and the Emergence of Subconscious 2. De Quincey ' 's Subconscious and the Cognitive Unconscious 3. Style and the Revelatory Power of Language PART II: BODY AND BRAIN 4. The Embodied Unconscious in Animal Magnetism and Physiology 5. Mesmeric and Opium-Induced States of Mind 6. The Brain-Mind in the Confessions, Literary Criticism, and Suspiria Epilogue Appendix A Appendix B Notes Bibliography IndexReviews"""Much more than a significant addition to De Quincey studies, Thomas de Quincey and the Cognitive Unconscious makes a key intervention into British Romantic scholarship as a whole, adding greatly to our understanding of the interrelations among science and literature in the period while powerfully enriching the key concept of ""the unconscious."" Original, lively, provocative, and scholarly, Markus Iseli's book makes essential reading for students of nineteenth-century literature, culture, science, and psychology."" Alan Richardson, Professor of English, Boston College, USA, author of The Neural Sublime" Much more than a significant addition to De Quincey studies, Thomas de Quincey and the Cognitive Unconscious makes a key intervention into British Romantic scholarship as a whole, adding greatly to our understanding of the interrelations among science and literature in the period while powerfully enriching the key concept of the unconscious. Original, lively, provocative, and scholarly, Markus Iseli's book makes essential reading for students of nineteenth-century literature, culture, science, and psychology. - Alan Richardson, Professor of English, Boston College, USA, author of The Neural Sublime Author InformationMarkus Iseli holds a PhD from the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. He published articles in journals such as the European Romantic Review and Romanticism, and he is the recipient of a Swiss National Science Foundation research grant. His work on the cognitive unconscious in the nineteenth-century context also earned him the Henry-E.-Sigerist-Prize from the Swiss Society for the History of Medicine and Sciences. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |