Thinking about other people in nineteenth-century British writing /
Pinch, Adela, 1960-
Thinking about other people in nineteenth-century British writing / Adela Pinch. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (x, 247 pages) - Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 73 . - Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 73. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Love thinking -- Thinking as action: James Frederick Ferrier's Philosophy of consciousness -- Foam, aura, or melody: Theorizing mental force in Victorian Britain -- Thinking in the second person in nineteenth-century poetry -- Thinking and knowing in Patmore and Meredith -- Daniel Deronda and the omnipotence of thought -- Conclusion: The ethics of belief and the poetics of thinking about another person.
"Nineteenth-century life and literature are full of strange accounts that describe the act of one person thinking about another as an ethically problematic, sometimes even a dangerously powerful thing to do. Adela Pinch explains why, when, and under what conditions it is possible, or desirable, to believe that thinking about another person could affect them. She explains why nineteenth century British writers - poets, novelists, philosophers, psychologists, devotees of the occult - were both attracted to and repulsed by radical or substantial notions of purely mental relations between persons, and why they moralized about the practice of thinking about other people in interesting ways. Working at the intersection of literary studies and philosophy, this book both sheds new light on a neglected aspect of Victorian literature and thought, and explores the consequences of, and the value placed on, this strand of thinking about thinking"--Provided by publisher
9780511909344 (electronic bk.) 0511909349 (electronic bk.) 9780511907838 (electronic bk.) 0511907834 (electronic bk.) 9780511779275 (ebook) 0511779275 9781107650763 (paperback) 1107650763 (hbk.) (hbk.)
9786612770777
277077 MIL
1800-1899
English literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Thought and thinking in literature.
Other (Philosophy) in literature.
Causation in literature.
Idealism, English--History--19th century.
Littérature anglaise--Histoire et critique.--19e siècle
Pensée dans la littérature.
Altérité dans la littérature.
Causalité dans la littérature.
Idéalisme anglais--Histoire--19e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Causation in literature.
English literature.
Idealism, English.
Other (Philosophy) in literature.
Thought and thinking in literature.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PR468.T49 / P56 2010eb
820.9/384
Thinking about other people in nineteenth-century British writing / Adela Pinch. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (x, 247 pages) - Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 73 . - Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 73. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Love thinking -- Thinking as action: James Frederick Ferrier's Philosophy of consciousness -- Foam, aura, or melody: Theorizing mental force in Victorian Britain -- Thinking in the second person in nineteenth-century poetry -- Thinking and knowing in Patmore and Meredith -- Daniel Deronda and the omnipotence of thought -- Conclusion: The ethics of belief and the poetics of thinking about another person.
"Nineteenth-century life and literature are full of strange accounts that describe the act of one person thinking about another as an ethically problematic, sometimes even a dangerously powerful thing to do. Adela Pinch explains why, when, and under what conditions it is possible, or desirable, to believe that thinking about another person could affect them. She explains why nineteenth century British writers - poets, novelists, philosophers, psychologists, devotees of the occult - were both attracted to and repulsed by radical or substantial notions of purely mental relations between persons, and why they moralized about the practice of thinking about other people in interesting ways. Working at the intersection of literary studies and philosophy, this book both sheds new light on a neglected aspect of Victorian literature and thought, and explores the consequences of, and the value placed on, this strand of thinking about thinking"--Provided by publisher
9780511909344 (electronic bk.) 0511909349 (electronic bk.) 9780511907838 (electronic bk.) 0511907834 (electronic bk.) 9780511779275 (ebook) 0511779275 9781107650763 (paperback) 1107650763 (hbk.) (hbk.)
9786612770777
277077 MIL
1800-1899
English literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Thought and thinking in literature.
Other (Philosophy) in literature.
Causation in literature.
Idealism, English--History--19th century.
Littérature anglaise--Histoire et critique.--19e siècle
Pensée dans la littérature.
Altérité dans la littérature.
Causalité dans la littérature.
Idéalisme anglais--Histoire--19e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Causation in literature.
English literature.
Idealism, English.
Other (Philosophy) in literature.
Thought and thinking in literature.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PR468.T49 / P56 2010eb
820.9/384