Automatism and Creative Acts in the Age of New Psychology Hardback
by Linda M. (Oklahoma State University) Austin
Part of the Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture series
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The late nineteenth century saw a re-examination of artistic creativity in response to questions surrounding the relation between human beings and automata.
These questions arose from findings in the 'new psychology', physiological research that diminished the primacy of mind and viewed human action as neurological and systemic.
Concentrating on British and continental culture from 1870 to 1911, this unique study explores ways in which the idea of automatism helped shape ballet, art photography, literature, and professional writing.
Drawing on documents including novels and travel essays, Linda M.
Austin finds a link between efforts to establish standards of artistic practice and challenges to the idea of human exceptionalism.
Austin presents each artistic discipline as an example of the same process: creation that should be intended, but involving actions that evade mental control.
This study considers how late nineteenth-century literature and arts tackled the scientific question, 'Are we automata?'
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- Pages:280 pages, Worked examples or Exercises; 4 Halftones, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:14/06/2018
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- ISBN:9781108428552
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:280 pages, Worked examples or Exercises; 4 Halftones, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:14/06/2018
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- ISBN:9781108428552