The Fractured Self: Exploring Selfhood in the Neuronovel The Echo Maker and the Neuromemoir Brain on Fire

This paper will focus on two works: the neuronovel The Echo Maker (2006) by Richard Powers, a fictional account of Mark Schluter who suffers from Capgras Syndrome, that is, a rare neurological condition that results in the patient’s belief that their loved ones have been replaced with exact copies;...

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Main Author: Bonnie Cross
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Association for American Studies 2021-12-01
Series:European Journal of American Studies
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/17560
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