Author: George COMBE (Phrenologist.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Letter from George Combe to Francis Jeffrey, Esq. in Answer to His Criticism on Phrenology, Contained in No LXXXVIII. of the Edinburgh Review
Author: George CombePublisher:
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Category : Phrenology
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Letter ... to Francis Jeffrey, Esq. in answer to his criticism on phrenology, contained in No. LXXXVIII. of the Edinburgh Review
Author: George COMBE (Phrenologist.)Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Phrenology and the Origins of Victorian Scientific Naturalism
Author: John van WyhePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351911295
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 435
Book Description
Through a reassessment of phrenology, Phrenology and the Origins of Victorian Scientific Naturalism sheds light on all kinds of works in Victorian Britain and America which have previously been unnoticed or were simply referred to with a vague 'naturalism of the times' explanation. It is often assumed that the scientific naturalism familiar in late nineteenth century writers such as T.H. Huxley and John Tyndall are the effects of a 'Darwinian revolution' unleashed in 1859 on an unsuspecting world following the publication of The Origin of Species. Yet it can be misleading to view Darwin's work in isolation, without locating it in the context of a well established and vigorous debate concerning scientific naturalism. Throughout the nineteenth century intellectuals and societies had been discussing the relationship between nature and man, and the scientific and religious implications thereof. At the forefront of these debates were the advocates of phrenology, who sought to apply their theories to a wide range of subjects, from medicine and the treatment of the insane, to education, theology and even economic theories. Showing how ideas about naturalism and the doctrine of natural laws were born in the early phrenology controversies in the 1820s, this book charts the spread of such views. It argues that one book in particular, The Constitution of Man in Relation to External Objects (1828) by George Combe, had an enormous influence on scientific thinking and the popularity of the 'naturalistic movement'. The Constitution was one of the best-selling books of the nineteenth century, being published continuously from 1828 to 1899, and selling more than 350,000 copies throughout the world, many times more than Dawin's The Origin of Species. By restoring Combe and his work to centre stage it provides modern scholars with a more accurate picture of the Victorians' view of their place in Nature.
British Romanticism and the Science of the Mind
Author: Alan RichardsonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139428519
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
In this provocative and original study, Alan Richardson examines an entire range of intellectual, cultural, and ideological points of contact between British Romantic literary writing and the pioneering brain science of the time. Richardson breaks new ground in two fields, revealing a significant and undervalued facet of British Romanticism while demonstrating the 'Romantic' character of early neuroscience. Crucial notions like the active mind, organicism, the unconscious, the fragmented subject, instinct and intuition, arising simultaneously within the literature and psychology of the era, take on unsuspected valences that transform conventional accounts of Romantic cultural history. Neglected issues like the corporeality of mind, the role of non-linguistic communication, and the peculiarly Romantic understanding of cultural universals are reopened in discussions that bring new light to bear on long-standing critical puzzles, from Coleridge's suppression of 'Kubla Khan', to Wordsworth's perplexing theory of poetic language, to Austen's interest in head injury.
Edinburgh Journal of Medical Science
Author: Catalogue of the Edinburgh Subscription Library 1794-1846. With Charter of Erection, Laws of the Society, List of Members, etc
Author: James David HAIGThe London Magazine
Author: Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971
Author: New York Public Library. Research LibrariesPublisher:
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Queen Victoria's Skull
Author: David StackPublisher: Bloomsbury Continuum
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
A hugely entertaining study that goes beyond biography to vividly portray Victorian life in a wider framework.
Catalogue of the Edinburgh Select Subscription Library
Author: Hugh SMITH (Secretary of the Edinburgh Select Subscription Library.)Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description