02363nam 2200589 a 450 991078684980332120230801230755.01-4529-4853-40-8166-8179-1(CKB)2670000000386549(SSID)ssj0000915322(PQKBManifestationID)11549936(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000915322(PQKBWorkID)10868370(PQKB)11150719(StDuBDS)EDZ0001177381(MiAaPQ)EBC1221406(OCoLC)849935283(MdBmJHUP)muse29999(Au-PeEL)EBL1221406(CaPaEBR)ebr10723512(CaONFJC)MIL522844(OCoLC)851972404(EXLCZ)99267000000038654920120522d2012 ub 0engur|||||||||||txtccrAt the borders of sleep[electronic resource] on liminal literature /Peter SchwengerMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20121 online resource (xiii, 167 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8166-7975-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-162) and index.'At the Borders of Sleep' investigates a liminal or threshold state between two fundamental modes of human consciousness, the waking state and the sleeping one - which are not as distinct from one another as is commonly thought. Liminal states are so subtle and evanescent that only literary depictions can do them justice; and so literature, along with philosophy and some science, has generated this book's argument. That argument is then turned back upon literature to show how both reading and writing are liminal experiences, taking place at the edges of conscious thought.LiteratureHistory and criticismTheory, etcLiminalityConsciousnessLiteratureHistory and criticismTheory, etc.Liminality.Consciousness.809/.933561Schwenger Peter1942-782832MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786849803321At the borders of sleep3771690UNINA