Thomas De Quincey and the Cognitive Unconscious by Markus Iseli
English | 2015 | ISBN: 1137501073 | 264 pages | PDF | 1,2 MB
English | 2015 | ISBN: 1137501073 | 264 pages | PDF | 1,2 MB
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.