| Description |
xii, 320 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
1. Consciousness and the Novel -- 2. Literary Criticism and Literary Creation -- 3. Dickens Our Contemporary -- 4. Forster's Flawed Masterpiece -- 5. Waugh's Comic Wasteland -- 6. Lives in Letters: Kingsley and Martin Amis -- 7. Henry James and the Movies -- 8. Bye-Bye Bech? -- 9. Sick with Desire: Philip Roth's Libertine Professor -- 10. Kierkegaard for Special Purposes -- 11. A Conversation about Thinks . |
| Summary |
"Human Consciousness, long the province of literature, has lately come in for a remapping - even rediscovery - by the natural sciences, driven by developments in Artificial Intelligence, neuroscience, and evolutionary biology. As the richest record we have of human consciousness, literature, David Lodge suggests, may offer a kind of understanding that is complementary, not opposed, to scientific knowledge. Writing with characteristic wit and brio, and employing the insight and acumen of a skilled novelist and critic, Lodge here explores the representation of human consciousness in fiction (mainly English and American) in light of recent investigations in the sciences."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
"Including the Richard Ellmann lectures in modern literature"--p. [ii] |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Psychological fiction, English -- History and criticism.
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Fiction -- Authorship -- Psychological aspects.
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American fiction -- History and criticism.
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Consciousness in literature.
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| LC no. |
2002024083 |
| ISBN |
0674009495 |
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