Author: William Andrus AlcottPublisher: University of Michigan Library
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Familiar Letters to Young Men on Various Subjects
Author: William Andrus AlcottPublisher: University of Michigan Library
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Familiar Letters on Various Subjects ... Published, principally, for the service of the younger part of both sexes ... Third edition, revised, etc
Author: Charles HALLIFAXFamiliar Letters on Various Subjects of Business and Amusement Written ... to Form the Style of the Younger Part of Both Sexes
Author: HalifaxPoems and Letters on Several Subjects
Author: Mr. Heywood (James)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.
Sibling Romance in American Fiction, 1835-1900
Author: E. VanDettePublisher: Springer
ISBN: 113731690X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
This study posits that the narrative of sibling love as a culturally significant tradition in nineteenth-century American fiction. Ultimately, Emily E. VanDette suggests that these novels contribute to historical conversations about affiliation in such tumultuous contexts as sectional divisions, slavery debates, the Civil War, and Reconstruction.
New York
Author: George LippardPublisher: Ardent Media
ISBN: 9780829018554
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
New York
Author: George LippardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Monthly Bulletin
Author: St. Louis Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
"Teachers' bulletin", vol. 4- issued as part of v. 23, no. 9-
Author: