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William Blake's Visions: Art, Hallucinations, Synaesthesia: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine

Autor David Worrall
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 17 mai 2024
This book is an inquiry into whether what Blake called his ‘visions’ can be attributed to recognizable perceptual phenomena. The conditions identified include visual hallucinations (some derived from migraine aura), and auditory and visual hallucinations derived from several types of synaesthesia. Over a long period of time, Blake has been celebrated as a ‘visionary,’ yet his ‘visions’ have not been discussed. Worrall draws on an understanding of neuroscience to examine both Blake’s visual art and writings, and discusses the lack of evidence pointing towards psychosis or pathological ill-health, thus questioning the rumours pertaining to Blake’s insanity.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783031532535
ISBN-10: 3031532538
Ilustrații: XV, 262 p.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg
Ediția:2024
Editura: Springer Nature Switzerland
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Seria Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine

Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

Introduction.- CHAPTER ONE: The Physiology of Blake’s Hallucinations.- CHAPTER TWO: Perceiving More Than Perception.-   CHAPTER THREE: Klüver Form-Constant Visual Hallucinations.- CHAPTER FOUR: Agents Inducing Klüver Visual Hallucinations- CHAPTER FIVE: Blake’s Synaesthesia.- CHAPTER SIX: Blake’s Synaesthesia II: The Visionary Heads.- CHAPTER SEVEN: Blake’s Synaesthesia III: the Testimony of Crabb Robinson.- CHAPTER EIGHT: Discussion and Conclusion.                         

Notă biografică

David Worrall is Emeritus Professor of English at Nottingham Trent University. He has published widely on both William Blake and Eighteenth-Century Theatre.




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This book is an inquiry into whether what Blake called his ‘visions’ can be attributed to recognizable perceptual phenomena. The conditions identified include visual hallucinations (some derived from migraine aura), and auditory and visual hallucinations derived from several types of synaesthesia. Over a long period of time, Blake has been celebrated as a ‘visionary,’ yet his ‘visions’ have not been discussed. Worrall draws on an understanding of neuroscience to examine both Blake’s visual art and writings, and discusses the lack of evidence pointing towards psychosis or pathological ill-health, thus questioning the rumours pertaining to Blake’s insanity.

David Worrall is Emeritus Professor of English at Nottingham Trent University. He has published widely on both William Blake and Eighteenth-Century Theatre.


Caracteristici

Sets out the status of the critical reception of Blake’s visions Incorporates scientific research on synaesthesia Brings together neuroscience with literary criticism