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The Subtle Knot: Early Modern English Literature and the Birth of Neuroscience

Autor Lianne Habinek
en Hardback – 5 iun 2018
"Habinek's argument ranges widely and is richly and densely articulated. The Subtle Knot is important chiefly for Habinek's detailed examinations of the ways her five central metaphors help us understand early modern writers' conceptualizations of how the mind works. For this, we are truly in her debt." Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780773553187
ISBN-10: 0773553185
Pagini: 304
Ilustrații: 40 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.58 kg
Ediția:3
Editura: McGill-Queen's University Press
Colecția McGill-Queen's University Press

Recenzii

"Habinek's argument ranges widely and is richly and densely articulated. The Subtle Knot is important chiefly for Habinek's detailed examinations of the ways her five central metaphors help us understand early modern writers' conceptualizations of how the mind works. For this, we are truly in her debt." Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme

"An important and original book. Informed by accurate and detailed knowledge of early modern theories about the brain, the body, and the soul, Lianne Habinek focuses on the relationship between the literary imagination and scientific knowledge, and the cu

"The Subtle Knot is extremely well-researched and well-constructed. Lianne Habinek artfully incorporates the medieval and classical heritage of the history of the mind into her discussions, demonstrating how they were still important to early modern theor

Notă biografică

Lianne Habinek is assistant professor of English at Bard College.

Descriere

When and how did we come to think of the brain as the vehicle of the mind, and what role did literature play in forging a link so crucial to our understanding of ourselves?