| Subjects of Substance: Recent American Literature and the Materiality of Mind Contributor(s): Henneberg, Julian (Author) |
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ISBN: 3837649296 ISBN-13: 9783837649291 Publisher: Transcript Publishing OUR PRICE: $44.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2020 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6" W x 9" (0.97 lbs) 340 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Subjects of Substance traces the ways in which materialist conceptions of selfhood inspire and shape recent U.S. literature. While disciplines like neuroscience and evolutionary biology transform the human self from an immaterial essence into a material construct, authors likewise develop conceptions of somatic subjectivity in conjunction and in contrast with scientific and medical discourses. The present study examines the forms, functions, and effects of materialist models of mind in a number of memoirs and novels. Authors discussed include Michael Clune, Don DeLillo, Kay Redfield Jamison, Siri Hustvedt, Richard Powers, Elyn R. Saks, and David Foster Wallace. |