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Science has transformed understandings of the mind, supplying physiological explanations for what once seemed transcendental. Nikki Skillman shows how lyric poets—caught between a reductive scientific view and naïve literary metaphors—struggled to articulate a vision of consciousness that was both scientifically informed and poetically truthful.

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Nikki Skillman’s clear and eloquent book reshapes the landscape of modern American poetry. It explores the distinctiveness of poets’ engagement with the experience of mind, whether as embattled defenders of human mystery or shrewd explorers of synapses. -- Jonathan Culler, Cornell University
This important book argues that advances in brain science have made for significant changes in American poetry since the 1960s. Skillman’s writing is eloquent, often beautiful, meticulously alert to detail, and her judgments are sound and sensitive. -- Jahan Ramazani, University of Virginia

The Lyric in the Age of the Brain

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      Publisher: Harvard University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 07/01/2021
      ISBN13: 9780674545120, 978-0674545120
      ISBN10: 0674545125
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      Literary studies: poetry and poets Philosophy of mind

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Science has transformed understandings of the mind, supplying physiological explanations for what once seemed transcendental. Nikki Skillman shows how lyric poets—caught between a reductive scientific view and naïve literary metaphors—struggled to articulate a vision of consciousness that was both scientifically informed and poetically truthful.

      Trade Review
      Nikki Skillman’s clear and eloquent book reshapes the landscape of modern American poetry. It explores the distinctiveness of poets’ engagement with the experience of mind, whether as embattled defenders of human mystery or shrewd explorers of synapses. -- Jonathan Culler, Cornell University
      This important book argues that advances in brain science have made for significant changes in American poetry since the 1960s. Skillman’s writing is eloquent, often beautiful, meticulously alert to detail, and her judgments are sound and sensitive. -- Jahan Ramazani, University of Virginia

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