Consciousness & the novel

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"Human Consciousness, long the province of literature, has lately come in for a remapping - even rediscovery - by the natural sciences, driven by developments in Artificial Intelligence, neuroscience, and evolutionary biology. As the richest record we have of human consciousness, literature, David Lodge suggests, may offer a kind of understanding that is complementary, not opposed, to scientific knowledge. Writing with characteristic wit and brio, and employing the insight and acumen of a skilled novelist and critic, Lodge here explores the representation of human consciousness in fiction (mainly English and American) in light of recent investigations in the sciences."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Consciousness in literature,  History and criticism,  Criticism and interpretation,  Fiction,  Psychological fiction, English,  English fiction,  Authorship,  American fiction,  English Psychological fiction,  Psychological aspects,  English fiction, history and criticism, 20th century,  Psychological fiction, history and criticism,  Dickens, charles, 1812-1870,  American fiction, history and criticism,  Fiction, authorship

People: Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

Times: 20th century