Embodied Selves - An Anthology of Psychological Texts 1830-1890

Zusatztext For decades, scholars of Victorian history, literature, and culture have referred to nineteenth-century psychiatric thinking about such topics as mesmerism, hysteria, moral management, race, and sexuality, but the major texts in these debates have been scattered and unavailable outside major libraries. Now Embodied Selves brings the most important essays of Victorian psychiatry, from George Combe to Havelock Ellis, together in one volume. Brilliantly chosen and organized, these essays will transform our understanding of Victorian narrative and its discontents. Klappentext This anthology of primary materials will help redraw our understanding of the complexity and range of Victorian psychological thought. Areas covered include: phrenology and mesmerism; theories of dreams! memory! and the unconscious; female and masculine sexuality; insanity and nervous disorders; and theories of degeneration. Texts have been chosen from a wide variety of scientific! medical! and cultural sources to illustrate the social range of these debates. Embodied Selves will be of interest to both specialist and non-specialist audiences in the areas of cultural! literary! historical! and gender studies. Zusammenfassung An anthology of texts from scientific and cultural sources illustrating the complexity and range of Victorian psychological thought. Areas covered include: phrenology and mesmerism, theories of dreams, memory and the unconscious, female and male sexuality, insanity and nervous disorders, and theories of degeneration.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Jenny Bourne Taylor, Shuttleworth Bournetayolr, Jenny Bourne (Senior Lecturer in English Taylor, Jenny Bourne Shuttleworth Taylor, Jenny Shuttleworth Taylor
• Collaboration: Jenny Bourne Taylor (Editeur), Sally Shuttleworth (Editeur), Jenny B. Taylor (Editeur), Jenny Bourne Taylor (Editeur)
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 26.02.1998
• EAN: 9780198710424
• ISBN: 978-0-19-871042-4
• Pages: 450
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits) > Essais, chroniques, critiques littéraires, entretiens; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Linguistique générale et comparée; Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Essays, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Literary essays, Sociology & anthropology, Sociology and anthropology, PSYCHOLOGY / Essays