Dome of Thought - Phrenology and the Nineteenth-Century Popular Imagination

The dome of thought is an accessible and lively history of the Victorian pseudoscience of phrenology. It makes extensive use of the popular accounts found in contemporary newspapers and journals, the majority of this material being reproduced for the first time since the nineteenth century.

A propos de l'auteur

William Hughes is Professor of Gothic Studies at Bath Spa University

Résumé

The dome of thought is an accessible and lively history of the Victorian pseudoscience of phrenology. It makes extensive use of the popular accounts found in contemporary newspapers and journals, the majority of this material being reproduced for the first time since the nineteenth century. -- .

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: William Hughes
• Edition: Manchester University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9781526143723
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-4372-3
• Pages: 336
• Catégories: Littérature > Poésie, théâtre; Littérature spécialisée > Psychologie, ésotérique, spiritualité, anthroposophie > Psychologie appliquée; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée; LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: general