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