Thinking without thinking in the Victorian novel / Vanessa L. Ryan.
Thinking without thinking in the Victorian novel / Vanessa L. Ryan.
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Baltimore The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.
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N823.80935/26
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English
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Physical content
viii, 243 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: Mind in motion -- The reflexive mind: Wilkie Collins and "unconscious cerebration" -- Awareness: reflex and responsibility in George Eliot -- Experience: mind work in W. B. Carpenter, G. H. Lewes, and Herbert Spencer -- Almost knowledge: Henry James and consciousness "beyond the margin...
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Publisher
Baltimore The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.
Place of Publication
United States of America
Date Published
2012.
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Summary
Victorian fiction writers focus not only on the question of how the mind works but also on how it seems to work and how we ought to make it work. Ryan shows how the novelistic emphasis on dynamic processes and functions -- on the activity of the mind, rather than its structure or essence -- can also be seen in some of the most exciting and comprehe...
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Thinking without thinking in the Victorian novel / Vanessa L. Ryan.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Also published electronically.
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N823.80935/26
Record Identifier
74VKqOvyb2WX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKqOvyb2WX
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ISBN
1421405911 (cased)
9781421405919 (cased)
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823.809353
MMS ID
991020225909702626
