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Assessing intelligence : the Bildungsroman and the politics of human potential in England, 1860-1910 / Sara Lyons.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lyons, Sara, author.
- Series:
- Nineteenth-century and neo-Victorian cultures.
- Nineteenth-century and neo-Victorian cultures
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
- English fiction.
- Bildungsromans, English--History and criticism.
- Bildungsromans, English.
- Intelligence levels in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 281 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- This text examines how novelists engaged with the emergence of the IQ concept of intelligence and the meritocratic ideal.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. George Eliot's moral intelligence
- 2. Thomas Hardy and the value of brains
- 3. Acting clever in Henry James
- 4. H. G. Wells's very ordinary brains
- Coda: Virginia Woolf's hereditary genius.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2023.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on June 30, 2023).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Lyons, Sara Assessing Intelligence
- ISBN:
- 9781474497695
- 1474497691
- 9781474497688
- 1474497683
- OCLC:
- 1351750807
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