British Romanticism and the Science of the Mind (Cambridge Studies in Romanticism Book 47) by Alan Richardson (PDF)

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In this provocative and original study, Alan Richardson examines an entire range of intellectual, cultural, and ideological points of contact between British Romantic literary writing and the pioneering brain science of the time. Richardson breaks new ground in two fields, revealing a significant and undervalued facet of British Romanticism while demonstrating the ‘Romantic’ character of early neuroscience. Crucial notions like the active mind, organicism, the unconscious, the fragmented subject, instinct and intuition, arising simultaneously within the literature and psychology of the era, take on unsuspected valences that transform conventional accounts of Romantic cultural history. Neglected issues like the corporeality of mind, the role of non-linguistic communication, and the peculiarly Romantic understanding of cultural universals are reopened in discussions that bring new light to bear on long-standing critical puzzles, from Coleridge’s suppression of ‘Kubla Khan’, to Wordsworth’s perplexing theory of poetic language, to Austen’s interest in head injury.

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⭐I bought this book after renewing it three times from the library. It is an amazing way to look at the standard (or not-so-standard because he includes Jane Austin) Romantic writers. It really breathes new life into works that many thought nothing else could be written on. I admit that I love trauma and cognitive theories so I’m thrilled that this is available in an affordable paperback version. I have recommended it to more people than I can count and made it a prominent feature on my reading list.

⭐Great book, but the scan on the kindle version looks like it was done on sheets taken from a broken mid-90’s photocopier. Buy the print version.

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