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Author:
Claggett, Shalyn R., author.
Title:
Equal natures : popular brain science and Victorian women's writing / Shalyn Claggett.
Publisher:
State University of New York Press,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
xiv, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject:
1800-1899
English literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
English literature--19th century--History and criticism.
Phrenology in literature.
Literature and society--England--History--19th century.
English literature
English literature--Women authors
Literature and society
Phrenology in literature
England
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
ch. 5 George Eliot and Biological Destiny. ch. 2 Of Two Minds: Charlotte and Anne Bronte's Use of Innate Psychology -- ch. 3 Harriet Martineau's Material Rebirth -- ch. 4 Mary Elizabeth Braddon's Physiological Critique of Social Identity -- ch. 5 George Eliot and Biological Destiny.
Summary:
"Explores how Victorian women writers used the popular science of phrenology to challenge socially constructed forms of power"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
SUNY series, studies in the long nineteenth century
ISBN:
1438493169
9781438493169
1438493150
9781438493152
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1348102396
LCCN:
2022037736
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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