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The science of character : human objecthood and the ends of Victorian realism / S. Pearl Brilmyer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brilmyer, S. Pearl, author.
- Series:
- Thinking literature
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Characters and characteristics in literature.
- Personality development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction Ethology, or the Science of Character p. 1
- As Much an External Thing as a Tree or a Rock p. 14
- A Power of Observation Informed by a Living Heart; or, Involuntary, Palpitating p. 24
- Inconsistency and Formlessness p. 33
- Chapter 1 Plasticity, Form, and the Physics of Character in Eliot's Middlemarch p. 41
- Plastic Forms p. 45
- Irregular Solids, Viscous Fluids p. 60
- Chapter 2 Sensing Character in Impressions of Theophrastus Such p. 75
- Theophrastus Who? p. 79
- Descriptive Minutiae p. 85
- To Sketch a Species p. 88
- The Natural History of Human Life p. 93
- After the Human p. 97
- Chapter 3 The Racialization of Surface in Hardy's Sketch of Temperament and Hereditary science p. 103
- The Color of Heredity p. 110
- On the Whiteness of the Ground p. 117
- Accretions of Character p. 129
- Chapter 4 Schopenhauer and the Determination of Women's Character p. 144
- An English Start p. 151
- The Character of the Will p. 156
- Impulsive Aesthetics p. 168
- Chapter 5 The Intimate Pulse of Reality; or, Schreiner's Ethological Realism p. 180
- The Ethics of Nature p. 189
- The Ethics of Description p. 201
- The Ethics of Force p. 209.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Clyde de Loache Ryals Endowed Acquisition Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780226815794
- 022681579X
- Publisher Number:
- 99989785868
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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