Nervous fictions literary form and the enlightenment origins of neuroscience

Nervous fictions : literary form and the enlightenment origins of neuroscience / Jess Keiser.

Author/creator	Keiser, Jess, 1984-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2020.
Description	xi, 311 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Literature and science--England --History --17th century. Literature and science--England --History --18h century. Mind and body in literature. Science in literature. Metaphor. Neurosciences--England --History.

Contents	Personifying the Brain: Thomas Willis's Neuroscience -- Nervous Figures: Cavendish's and Panpsychism -- From Metaphor to Madness: Locke's History -- Visionary Dissections: The Satire of Anatomy -- From the Homunculus to the Great Sensorium of the World: Sterne's Nerves -- The Hypochondriac's Watch: Boswell's Case -- Conclusion.
Abstract	"Nervous Fictions looks at early writing on the brain and figurative language. It argues that as more became known about the brain and nervous system in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, new literary technologies needed to be developed to describe body and mind"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2020024974
ISBN	9780813944777 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
ISBN	9780813944784 (paperback : acid-free paper)
ISBN	(ebook)

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