Personal Identity and Literature

by Patrick Colm Hogan

In Personal Identity and Literature, Hogan examines what makes an individual a particular, unique self. He draws on cognitive and affective science as well as literary works - from Walt Whitman and Frederick Douglass to Dorothy Richardson, Alice Munro, and J. M. Coetzee. His scholarly analyses are also intertwined with more personal reflections, on for example his mother's memory loss. The result is a work that examines a complex topic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367210681
• ISBN13: 9780367210687
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"