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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828983003321

Autore

Gang Joshua <1981->

Titolo

Behaviorism, consciousness, and the literary mind / / Joshua Gang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, Maryland : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

1-4214-4086-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource.)

Collana

Hopkins Studies in Modernism

Disciplina

809.933530904

Soggetti

Literature, Modern - 20th century - History and criticism

Psychology and literature

Modernism (Literature)

Behaviorism (Psychology)

Literary criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Literary Experience and the Concept of Mind -- 1 Behaviorism and the Beginnings of Close Reading -- 2 Inner Sights -- 3 Mental Acts -- 4 The Form of Thought -- Coda. Observations and/or Reflections -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book reveals important convergences between modernist writers, experimental psychology, and analytic philosophy of mind-while also providing a new framework for thinking about why language can create the illusion of mental life"--