George eliot and nineteenth-century psychology: exploring the unmapped country
Auteur :
Davis, Michael
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780367887865
Date de publication :
31 mars 2021
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
331 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This study of Eliot as a psychological novelist examines her writings in the context of a large volume of nineteenth-century scientific writing. Michael Davis aligns Eliot's work with the formulations of such key thinkers as Herbert Spencer, Charles Darwin, T. H. Huxley, and G. H. Lewes, showing how Eliot manipulated scientific language and pointin