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At the borders of sleep : on liminal literature /
'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 literar...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
©2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | '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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 167 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-162) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781461931898 1461931894 9780816681792 0816681791 9781452948539 1452948534 |