At the Borders of Sleep : On Liminal Literature /

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'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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schwenger, Peter, 1942-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Bewusstsein
Grenzsituation
Schlaf
Literatur
Literature > Theory, etc.
Liminality.
Consciousness.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Conscience.
Liminalite.
Litterature > Histoire et critique > Theorie, etc.
Consciousness
Literature > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:'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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (176 pages).
ISBN:9780816681792

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