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The BronteÈs and the idea of the human / Lewis Alexandra
Titre : The BronteÈs and the idea of the human : science, ethics, and the Victorian imagination Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Lewis Alexandra, Auteur Editeur : New York, NY : Cambridge University Press Année de publication : 2019 Importance : 290.p Présentation : ill Format : 24.cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-1-107-15481-0 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : فلسفة Brontë, Anne - Critique et interprétation - Charlotte - Emily Résumé : "The BronteÈs and the Idea of the Human: What does it mean to be human' The BronteÈ novels and poetry are fascinated by what lies at the core - and limits - of the human. The BronteÈs and the Idea of the Human presents a significant re-evaluation of how Charlotte, Emily, and Anne BronteÈ each responded to scientific, legal, political, theological, literary, and cultural concerns in ways that redraw the boundaries of the human for the nineteenth century. Proposing innovative modes of approach for the twenty-first century, leading scholars shed light on the relationship between the role of the imagination and new definitions of the human subject. This important interdisciplinary study scrutinises the notion of the embodied human and moves beyond it to explore the force and potential of the mental and imaginative powers for constructions of selfhood, community, spirituality, degradation, cruelty, and ethical behaviour in the nineteenth century and its fictional worlds" Note de contenu : Bibliogr. p. 269-283. Index The BronteÈs and the idea of the human : science, ethics, and the Victorian imagination [texte imprimé] / Lewis Alexandra, Auteur . - New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019 . - 290.p : ill ; 24.cm.
ISBN : 978-1-107-15481-0
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés : فلسفة Brontë, Anne - Critique et interprétation - Charlotte - Emily Résumé : "The BronteÈs and the Idea of the Human: What does it mean to be human' The BronteÈ novels and poetry are fascinated by what lies at the core - and limits - of the human. The BronteÈs and the Idea of the Human presents a significant re-evaluation of how Charlotte, Emily, and Anne BronteÈ each responded to scientific, legal, political, theological, literary, and cultural concerns in ways that redraw the boundaries of the human for the nineteenth century. Proposing innovative modes of approach for the twenty-first century, leading scholars shed light on the relationship between the role of the imagination and new definitions of the human subject. This important interdisciplinary study scrutinises the notion of the embodied human and moves beyond it to explore the force and potential of the mental and imaginative powers for constructions of selfhood, community, spirituality, degradation, cruelty, and ethical behaviour in the nineteenth century and its fictional worlds" Note de contenu : Bibliogr. p. 269-283. Index Exemplaires(0)
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