The Lyric in the Age of the Brain
Download or Read eBook The Lyric in the Age of the Brain PDF written by Nikki Skillman and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2016-06-06 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Nikki Skillman |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 329 |
Release | : 2016-06-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780674970090 |
ISBN-13 | : 0674970098 |
Rating | : 4/5 (90 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Lyric in the Age of the Brain by : Nikki Skillman
Book excerpt: 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.