Embodied : Victorian Literature and the Senses /

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What does it mean to be human? British writers in the Victorian period found a surprising answer to this question. What is human, they discovered, is nothing more or less than the human body itself. In literature of the period, as well as in scientific writing and journalism, the notion of an interi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Cohen, William A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Subjectivity in literature.
Senses and sensation in literature.
Self in literature.
Psychology and literature.
Mind and body in literature.
Human body (Philosophy)
Human body in literature.
English literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Psychologie et litterature > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Corps humain (Philosophie)
Corps humain dans la litterature.
Esprit et corps dans la litterature.
Subjectivite dans la litterature.
Moi (Psychologie) dans la litterature.
Sens et sensations dans la litterature.
Litterature anglaise > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Psychology and literature > History > 19th century.
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Subject: embodiment and the senses
  • Self: material interiority in Dickens and Bronte
  • Skin: surface and sensation in Trollope's "The banks of the Jordan"
  • Senses: face and feeling in Hardy's The return of the native
  • Soul: inside Hopkins.

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