Thomas De Quincey and the Cognitive Unconscious [electronic resource] /
Iseli, Markus.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Literature-Philosophy.
Culture-Study and teaching.
British literature.
European literature.
Literature-History and criticism.
Literature, Modern-19th century.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
British and Irish Literature.
European Literature.
Literary History.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.