Romanticism and Consciousness, Revisited

This splendid collection returns to Harold Bloom’s Romanticism and Consciousness and revisits that 1970 collection’s field-defining questions about subjectivity and the modern self. Engaging scholarship on neuroscience, cognitive theory and philosophy of mind, Faflak, Sha, and their eminent contributors renew the concept of Romantic consciousness for the twenty-first century. -- Deidre Lynch, Harvard University
Romanticism and Consciousness, Revisited contains fascinating, readable essays that display the best of cognitive approaches in literary studies. It is suitable for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students in Romanticism courses. While many scholars will want to own their own copy, it definitely belongs in every university library. -- Lisa Ann Robertson, University of South Dakota * Wordsworth Circle *
The greatest strengths of this volume come, firstly, from the subtle call to think carefully about how we make the move between the ethical and the epistemological, and secondly, from the implication that there may be Romantic romances, quest-like or otherwise, between mind and world, and between different parts of consciousness, that contemporary philosophies of mind are only just enabling us to understand. Romanticism and Consciousness, Revisited calls on the self-reflexive powers of literature to create genuine dialogues with philosophies of mind, rather than making the coherence of literary texts depend on deployments of philosophical thinking. -- Merrilees Roberts * Romantic Circles *