Metaphors of Mind in Fiction and Psychology / Michael S. Kearns.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kearns, Michael S., 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metaphor.

Psychology--History.

Psychology.

Mind and body--England.

Mind and body.

Psychology and literature.

Mind and body in literature.

Psychological fiction, English--History and criticism.

Psychological fiction, English.

English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.

English fiction.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1987.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Curiosity about the human mind -- what it is and how it functions -- began long before modern psychology. But because the mind and its processes are so elusive, they could be described only by means of metaphor. Michael Kearns, in this prize-winning study, examines the development of metaphors of the mind in psychological writings from Hobbes through William James and in fiction from Defoe through Henry James.Throughout the eighteenth century and even into the early nineteenth, metaphors of the mind as a relatively simple entity, either mechanical or biological, dominated both those engaged in

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; I. The Problem of Metaphors of Mind; II. Metaphor Theory and Metaphors of Mind; III. Corpuscular Thoughts, Tangible Minds: Eighteenth-Century Psychology and Fiction; IV. Mind as Entity in Nineteenth-Century Psychology; V Revealing Surfaces, Predictable Depths: Mind as Entity in Brontë and Dickens; VI. Toward the Life of the Mind: James and Eliot Discover Sentience; VII. Afterword: William James' Language of the Mind; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [237]-247.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813186276

0813186277

9780813163352

0813163358

OCLC:

571895317