Automatism and Creative Acts in the Age of New Psychology
Linda M. Austin
The late nineteenth century saw a re-examination of artistic creativity in response to questions surrounding the relation between human beings and automata. These questions arose from findings in the “new psychology,” physiological research that diminished the primacy of mind and viewed human action as neurological and systemic. Concentrating on British and continental culture from 1870 to 1911, this unusual study explores ways in which idea o...