The Lyric in the Age of the Brain
| Author | : Nikki Skillman |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 353 |
| Release | : 2016-06-06 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780674545120 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0674545125 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (125 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Lyric in the Age of the Brain by : Nikki Skillman
Download or read book The Lyric in the Age of the Brain written by Nikki Skillman and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2016-06-06 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
