The Brontes and the Idea of the Human
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The Brontes and the Idea of the Human by Alexandra Lewis
Investigating links between literature, science, psychology, religion, law, and ethics, this study re-evaluates nineteenth-century understandings of what it means to be human. Leading scholars argue for the centrality of the idea of the human within the works of the Bronte sisters, offering new insight on their writing and cultural contexts.
'This collection of 13 essays offers interdisciplinary perspectives on the Brontës, especially Charlotte … The present volume's close readings of the Brontës' novels lead to fresh insights … Recommended' S. A. Parker, Choice
'Alexandra Lewis's edited collection, The Brontës and the Idea of the Human: Science, Ethics, and the Victorian Imagination, expands this focus from the cultural to the universal.' Lydia Craig, British Association for Victorian Studies Newsletter
'Alexandra Lewis's edited collection, The Brontës and the Idea of the Human: Science, Ethics, and the Victorian Imagination, expands this focus from the cultural to the universal.' Lydia Craig, British Association for Victorian Studies Newsletter
Alexandra Lewis is Senior Lecturer in English Literature, and Director of the Centre for the Novel, at the University of Aberdeen. She is editor of the Norton Critical Edition of Wuthering Heights (2014), and has published extensively on the Brontës, memory and trauma, and nineteenth-century literature and psychology.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781316608371 |
| ISBN 10 | 1316608379 |
| Title | The Brontes and the Idea of the Human |
| Author | Alexandra Lewis |
| Series | Cambridge Studies In Nineteenth-Century Literature And Culture |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2021-03-18 |
| Number of pages | 312 |
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