The presence of persons : essays on literature, science, and philosophy in the nineteenth century /: essays on literature, science, and philosophy in the nineteenth century. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: William Myers.
• Other Names: Myers, William, 1939-
• Contents: Introduction: Nothing New -- pt. 1. The Presence of Persons -- 1. Where are Nathaniel Hawthorne, Emily Dickinson and Daniel C. Dennett? -- 2. Evolution and Progress: Herbert Spencer, Thomas Hardy and Amartya Sen -- 3. Why John Stuart Mill chose to go to the Devil -- 4. Walter Pater and the Higher Decadence -- 5. Arnold and Newman: The Phenomenological Option -- 6. Autobiography and the Illative Sense -- pt. 2. Manifold and Complex Corruption -- 7. Celibate Men and Angelic Women in Oliver Twist -- 8. The Radicalism of Little Dorrit -- pt. 3. Luminously Self-Evident Beings -- 9. The Feral Children of Haworth: Charlotte and Emily Bronte -- 10. Fragments of Consciousness: The Poems of Emily Bronte -- 11. The Rights of Celibacy -- pt. 4. The Management of our Hearts -- 12. The Two Eternities: Race and Soul in Daniel Deronda -- 13. Justice and Freedom: The Portrait of a Lady.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (256 pages)
• Subjects: 820.9/008; English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Literature and science -- English-speaking countries; Literature -- history; American literature; English literature; Intellectual life; Literature and science; Letterkunde; Engels; Amerikaans; Natuurwetenschappen; Filosofie; Geistesleben; Geschichte (1832-1902); Aufsatzsammlung; Literatur; English-speaking countries -- Intellectual life -- 19th century; United States -- Intellectual life -- 19th century; Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century; English-speaking countries; Großbritannien; Englisch; USA; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351883573; 1351883577
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