De Quincey's Cognitive Prospects

What is it about?

This essay examines how Thomas De Quincey's work on dreams and the unconscious reflects scientific advances of his time in the light of modern cognitive theories. It thus opposes the Freudian hegemony in De Quincey studies and literary criticism more generally.

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Why is it important?

This essay sheds new light on the most important works of Thomas De Quincey and provides an alternative approach to the Freudian unconscious in literary studies.