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.

Info autore

William Hughes is Professor of Gothic Studies at Bath Spa University

Riassunto

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. -- .

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: William Hughes
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9781526143723
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-4372-3
• Pagine: 336
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Saggistica > Psicologia, esoterismo, spiritualità, antroposofia > Psicologia applicata; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: general