Brontes and the Idea of the Human Science, Ethics, and the Victorian Imagination

Investigates the idea of the human within Brontë sisters' work, offering new insight on their writing and cultural contexts.

Riassunto

Investigating links between literature, science, psychology, religion, law, and ethics, this study re-evaluates nineteenth-century understandings of what it means to be human. Leading scholars argue for the centrality of the idea of the human within the works of the Brontë sisters, offering new insight on their writing and cultural contexts.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Alexandra (University of Aberdeen) Lewis
• Con la collaborazione di: Lewis Alexandra (Editore), Alexandra Lewis (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 18.03.2021
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica
• EAN: 9781316608371
• ISBN: 978-1-316-60837-1
• Numero di pagine: 312
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture
• Categorie: Cultural Studies, Political Ideologies, Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Philosophy of Science, Social issues & processes, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Ethical issues & debates, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Social and ethical issues, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Political ideologies and movements, Ethical issues and debates, POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Political & Protest, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form