| Cognitive Confusions: Dreams, Delusions and Illusions in Early Modern Culture: Dreams, Delusions and Illusions in Early Modern Culture Contributor(s): MacCarthy, Ita (Author), Sellevold, Kirsti (Author), Smith, Olivia (Author) |
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ISBN: 1909662992 ISBN-13: 9781909662995 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $104.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Modern - General - Literary Criticism | Modern - 18th Century - Literary Criticism | Comparative Literature |
| Dewey: 809.031 |
| LCCN: 2016590170 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (1.15 lbs) 200 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A distinctively human aspect of the mind is its ability to handle both factual and counterfactual scenarios. This brings enormous advantages, but we are far from infallible in monitoring the boundaries between the real, the imaginary and the pathological. In the early modern period, particularly, explorations of the mind's ability to roam beyond the factual became mainstream. It was an age of perspective art, anamorphism and optical illusions; of prophecy, apocalyptic dreams, and visions; and of fascination with the supernatural. This volume takes a fresh look at early modern understandings of how to distinguish reality from dream, or delusion from belief. Opening with cognitivist and philosophical perspectives, Cognitive Confusions then examines test cases from across European literature, providing an original documentation of the mind in its most creative and pathological states. |
