Physiognomy and the Meaning of Expression in Nineteenth Century Cultur

Informationen zum Autor Lucy Hartley is Lecturer in English at the University of Southampton. Klappentext This is a 2001 study of the emergence of physiognomy as a form of popular science. Zusammenfassung This is a 2001 study of the emergence of physiognomy as a form of popular science. Inhaltsverzeichnis Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. A science of mind?: theories of nature, theories of man; 2. The argument for expression: Charles Bell and the concept of design; 3. What is the character: the nature of ordinariness in the paintings of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood; 4. 'Beauty of character and beauty of aspect': expression, feeling, and the contemplation of emotion; 5. Universal expressions: Darwin and the naturalisation of emotion; 6. The promise of a new psychology?; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Lucy Hartley, Lucy (University of Southampton) Hartley, Lucy M. Hartley
• Assisted by: Gillian Beer (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.02.2001
• EAN: 9780521792721
• ISBN: 978-0-521-79272-1
• No. of pages: 258
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Nineteent
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology