عنوان

Automatism and creative acts in the age of new psychology /

(Number (ISBN

1108552978

(Number (ISBN

1108686648

(Number (ISBN

9781108552974

(Number (ISBN

9781108686648

Erroneous ISBN

110842855X

Erroneous ISBN

9781108428552

Erroneous ISBN

9781108450409

Title Proper

Automatism and creative acts in the age of new psychology /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Linda M. Austin.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2018.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource

Series Title

Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ;

Volume Designation

111

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Cover; Half title; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Nineteenth-Century Debate over Human Automatisms; Part I Automata-Phobia; 1 J.S. Mill: Genius-Automaton; 2 Automatic Aesthetics and the Shame of Tourism; Part II Technologies of the Automatic: Process and Movement; 3 Photography's Automatisms; 4 Automatic Writing and Physiologies of Creativity; 5 The Automata Ballets; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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"The late nineteenth century saw a re-examination of artistic creativity in response to questions surrounding the relation between human beings and automata. These questions arose from findings in the "new psychology," physiological research that diminished the primacy of mind and viewed human action as neurological and systemic. Concentrating on British and continental culture from 1870 to 1911, this unusual study explores ways in which idea of automatism helped shaped ballet, art photography, literature, and professional writing. Drawing on documents including novels and travel essays, Linda Austin finds a link between efforts to establish standards of artistic practice and challenges to the idea of human exceptionalism. Austin presents each artistic discipline as an example of the same process: creation that should be intended, but involving actions that evade mental control. This study considers how late nineteenth-century literature and arts tackled the scientific question, 'Are we automata?'"--

Text of Note

"The late nineteenth century saw a re-examination of artistic creativity in response to questions surrounding the relation between human beings and automata. These questions arose from findings in the 'new psychology', physiological research that diminished the primacy of mind and viewed human action as neurological and systemic. Concentrating on British and continental culture from 1870 to 1911, this unusual study explores ways in which the idea of automatism helped shape ballet, art photography, literature, and professional writing. Drawing on documents including novels and travel essays, Linda M. Austin finds a link between efforts to establish standards of artistic practice and challenges to the idea of human exceptionalism. Austin presents each artistic discipline as an example of the same process: creation that should be intended, but involving actions that evade mental control. This study considers how late nineteenth-century literature and arts tackled the scientific question, 'Are we automata?'"--

Title

Automatism and creative acts in the age of new psychology.

International Standard Book Number

9781108428552

Arts, British-- 19th century.

Arts, British-- 20th century.

Arts, European-- 19th century.

Arts, European-- 20th century.

Automatism (Art movement)-- Europe.

Automatism (Art movement)-- Great Britain.

ART-- Performance.

ART-- Reference.

Arts, British.

Arts, European.

Automatism (Art movement)

Europe.

Great Britain.

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7

ART-- 025000

ART-- 060000

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Austin, Linda Marilyn

Date of Transaction

20200822150930.0

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Electronic name

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