Buch | Kapitel
Introduction
functional illusions and modernist self-consciousness
pp. 1-13
Abstrakt
Bernard's proclamation raises a number of provocative questions. Is the present self who makes this statement deluded? Is he also conscious of his delusion? What generates this illusion, and what other processes is it related to? What adaptive functionality does this illusion have, or is it maladaptive?
Publication details
Published in:
Miller Brook (2013) Self-consciousness in modern British fiction. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.
Seiten: 1-13
Referenz:
Miller Brook (2013) Introduction: functional illusions and modernist self-consciousness, In: Self-consciousness in modern British fiction, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 1–13.