O'Toole Habit in the English Novel, 1850-1900

Lived Environments, Practices of the Self
2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-34940-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 212 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture

This book offers new perspectives on the concept of habit in the nineteenth-century novel, delineating the complex, changing significance of the term and exploring the ways in which its meanings play out in a range of narratives, from Dickens to James.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Toole, S.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: GENERATIVE HABITS 1 The Sensing Self: Dickens and the Space of Habit 2 Believing is Seeing: George Eliot's Past Effects PART II: PATTERNS OF CONSCIOUSNESS 3 Embodied Dispositions, Meredithian Slips 4 Passionate Possessions: Henry James's Queer Properties Coda: The Grain and the Heap, or the Afterlife of Habit Notes Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Sean O'Toole is Assistant Professor of English at the City University of New York, Baruch College, USA.