Description
Book SynopsisThe Neural Sublime features an array of cognitive and neuroscientific approaches, providing an engaging and readable introduction to the emergent field of cognitive literary studies.
Trade ReviewThis exemplary book may prove one of the most influential books on Romantic literature for decades to come... Essential. Choice 2011 A work of considerable variety and ambition, engagingly written, refreshingly undogmatic in its methods and generous in acknowledging related work in the field, The Neural Sublime will be essential reading for those interested in romanticism's relationship with the human sciences; it is also highly recommended for anyone in the field of romantic studies partial to interdisciplinary conversations. -- Tim Milnes Review of English Studies 2011
Table of ContentsPreface
1. Introduction: Cognitive Historicism
2. The Neural Sublime
3. The Romantic Image, the Mind's Eye, and the History of the Senses
4. Romantic Apostrophe: Everyday Discourse, Overhearing, and Poetic Address
5. Reading Minds—and Bodies—in Emma
6. Romantic Incest: Literary Representation and the Biology of Mind
7. Language Strange: Motherese, the Semiotic, and Romantic Poetry
Notes
Works Cited
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