George Eliot and Nineteenth-Century Psychology Exploring the Unmapped Country

Zusatztext '... thought-provoking book... [Davis's] concentrated attention allows him to tease out subtle nuances that more general studies pass over.' Victorian Studies Informationen zum Autor Michael Davis is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of the West of England, Bristol. Zusammenfassung A study of George Eliot as a psychological novelist, this work examines his writings in the context of a large volume of nineteenth-century scientific writing about the mind. It reveals how Eliot responds both creatively and critically to contemporary theories of mind. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: General editors' preface; Introduction; The mind and body; The history of the self: the formation of mind; The possibilities of emotion; The will! consciousness! the unconscious; The science of 'spirit': the mind and religious experience; Conclusion: 'Separate yet combined'; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Davis
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 28.09.2006
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies
• EAN: 9780754651727
• ISBN: 978-0-7546-5172-7
• Pages: 210
• Dimensions (packing): 15.9 x 23.5 x 1.9 cm
• Series: The Nineteenth Century Series; Nineteenth Century; The Nineteenth Century Series; Nineteenth Century
• Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Philosophy of Mind, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Evolutionary Psychology, Consciousness Studies, mind body dualism, nineteenth century science, Eliot psychological fiction analysis, Victorian scientific discourse