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Rhyming Reason : the Poetry of Romantic-Era Psychologists.

During the Romantic era, psychology and literature enjoyed a fluid relationship. Faubert focuses on psychologist-poets who grew out of the literary-medical culture of the Scottish Enlightenment. They used poetry as an accessible form to communicate emerging psychological, cultural and moral ideas.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Faubert, Michelle
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2015.
Colección:Enlightenment world.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Preface: Psychologist-Poets, Disciplinary Power and the Modern Subject; Introduction: Romantic-Era Psychologist-Poets and the Historical Context of Early British Psychology; 1 Erasmus Darwin, James Beattie and Nathaniel Cotton as Pre-Romantic Psychologist-Poets; 2 The Human Touch: Thomas Bakewell, Andrew Duncan Sr, John Ferriar and Moral Management; 3 Thomas Trotter, William Perfect and Thomas Beddoes: Nervous Illness and Social Hygiene.
  • 4 The Unelected Legislator: Associationism and Thomas Brown's Subliminal Poetic LessonsConclusion: Thomas Forster, Phrenology and the Reification of the Disciplines; Notes; Works Cited; Index.