George Eliot and nineteenth-century psychology: exploring the unmapped country

"In his study of Eliot as a psychological novelist, Michael Davis examines Eliot's writings in the context of a large volume of nineteenth-century scientific writing about the mind. Eliot, Davis argues, manipulated scientific language in often subversive ways to propose a vision of mind as...

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1. Verfasser: Davis, Michael (VerfasserIn)
Format: Abschlussarbeit Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Aldershot [u.a.] Ashgate 2006
Schriftenreihe:Nineteenth century series
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Zusammenfassung:"In his study of Eliot as a psychological novelist, Michael Davis examines Eliot's writings in the context of a large volume of nineteenth-century scientific writing about the mind. Eliot, Davis argues, manipulated scientific language in often subversive ways to propose a vision of mind as both fundamentally connected to the external world and radically isolated from and independent of that world. In showing the alignments between Eliot's work and the formulations of such key thinkers as Herbert Spencer, Charles Darwin, T. H. Huxley, and G. H. Lewes, Davis reveals how Eliot responds both creatively and critically to contemporary theories of mind, as she explores such fundamental issues as the mind/body relationship, the mind in evolutionary theory, the significance of reason and emotion, and consciousness."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references
Beschreibung:216 S.
ISBN:9780754651727

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