The Persistence of Memory: Organism, Myth, Text

By Philip Kuberski

Book Overview

While memory is one of the most fascinating faculties of consciousness, it is also one of the most mysterious. Is it memory--our own marvelous personal computer or data base--that brings us the intense feelings prompted by a certain object or situation?

Drawing on an expansive array of sources, from microbiology to cosmology, Ovid to Proust, Egyptology to the cinema, Philip Kuberski leads us on a brave and beguiling exploration of memory. He enables us to see it as a worldly process in which individuals both remember and are remembered, all in a network of associations that join our bodies, personal and cultural myths, and aesthetic and literary experiences. His essays will provide a tantalizing and thoughtful read for those interested in literature, psychology, biology, anthropology, and philosophy.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520079094
• ISBN13: 9780520079090
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 145 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.