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The Lyric in the Age of the Brain Nikki Skillman
The Lyric in the Age of the Brain
Nikki Skillman
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.
320 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | June 6, 2016 |
| ISBN13 | 9780674545120 |
| Publishers | Harvard University Press |
| Pages | 352 |
| Dimensions | 242 × 168 × 29 mm · 652 g |