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From Mars to Oprah: Cryptomnesia as Hidden Memory and Unconscious Plagiarism (2013)

Wilson, Elizabeth
Emory University
Gilman, Sander L.
Otis, Laura
Wilson, Elizabeth
Otis, Laura
Publication date: 2013
Language: English

ISBN: 9781303324673

Publication Date: 2013
Edition Details: Advisor: Gilman, Sander L; Committee Members: Otis, Laura, Wilson, Elizabeth.
Physical Details: 161 pp.

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Spiritualism Unconscious (psychology) Memory Cryptomnesia Supernatural Plagiarism 20th century 19th century

From Mars to Oprah: Cryptomnesia as Hidden Memory and Unconscious Plagiarism is a cultural history of the concept of cryptomnesia through a series of case studies from 1891-2006. Cryptomnesia, literally hidden memory was originally used to describe creative reinterpretations of forgotten memories by Spiritualist mediums (i.e., that reported encounters with the supernatural were everyday experiences remembered out of context and attributed to the fantastic). In experimental psychology and literary criticism, cryptomnesia has come to be used almost exclusively to mean unconscious or accidental plagiarism. I argue that the narrowing definition of cryptomnesia from the strange, ghostly, and creative realms of hidden memory towards the more prescriptive and ethically charged accidental plagiarism is reflective of a cultural resistance towards unconscious explanations of mental processes.

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Description Cited in Dissertation Abstracts International-A 74/11(E), May 2014. Proquest Document ID: 1427862758. “A cultural history of the concept of cryptomnesia through a series of case studies from 1891--2006.” (from the abstract)

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