Habit in the English Novel, 1850-1900

Lived Environments, Practices of the Self

AvS. O'Toole

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

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Beskrivning

This book offers new perspectives on the concept of habit in the nineteenth-century novel, delineating the complex, changing significance of the term and exploring the ways in which its meanings play out in a range of narratives, from Dickens to James.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-01-01
Mått:140 x 216 x 13 mm
Vikt:293 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture
Antal sidor:212
Upplaga:13001
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781349467907

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Sean O'Toole is Assistant Professor of English at the City University of New York, Baruch College, USA.

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: GENERATIVE HABITS 1 The Sensing Self: Dickens and the Space of Habit 2 Believing is Seeing: George Eliot's Past Effects PART II: PATTERNS OF CONSCIOUSNESS 3 Embodied Dispositions, Meredithian Slips 4 Passionate Possessions: Henry James's Queer Properties Coda: The Grain and the Heap, or the Afterlife of Habit Notes Bibliography Index