1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454941503321

Autore

Richardson Alan <1955->

Titolo

British Romanticism and the science of the mind / / Alan Richardson [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001

ISBN

1-107-12052-7

1-280-15913-8

0-511-11869-4

0-511-01205-5

0-511-15309-0

0-511-32510-X

0-511-48446-1

0-511-04613-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 243 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge studies in Romanticism ; ; 47

Disciplina

820.9/356

Soggetti

English literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Literature and science - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Brain - Research - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Neurosciences - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Romanticism - Great Britain

Mind and body in literature

Psychology in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-236) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE Introduction: neural Romanticism; CHAPTER TWO Coleridge and the new unconscious; CHAPTER THREE A beating mind: Wordsworth's poetics and the science of feelingsŽ; CHAPTER FOUR Of heartache and head injury: minds, brains, and the subject of Persuasion; CHAPTER FIVE Keats and the glories of the brain; CHAPTER SIX Embodied universalism, Romantic discourse, and the anthropological imagination; CHAPTER SEVEN Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index



Sommario/riassunto

In this provocative and original study, Alan Richardson examines an entire range of intellectual, cultural, and ideological points of contact between British Romantic literary writing and the pioneering brain science of the time. Richardson breaks new ground in two fields, revealing a significant and undervalued facet of British Romanticism while demonstrating the 'Romantic' character of early neuroscience. Crucial notions like the active mind, organicism, the unconscious, the fragmented subject, instinct and intuition, arising simultaneously within the literature and psychology of the era, take on unsuspected valences that transform conventional accounts of Romantic cultural history. Neglected issues like the corporeality of mind, the role of non-linguistic communication, and the peculiarly Romantic understanding of cultural universals are reopened in discussions that bring new light to bear on long-standing critical puzzles, from Coleridge's suppression of  'Kubla Khan', to Wordsworth's perplexing theory of poetic language, to Austen's interest in head injury.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910797764903321

Autore

Cannon John <1926-2012, >

Titolo

George III / / John Cannon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2007

©2007

ISBN

1-383-03518-0

0-19-155010-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (135 p.)

Collana

Very Interesting People

Disciplina

941.07/3092

Soggetti

Great Britain Kings and rulers Biography

Great Britain History George III, 1760-1820

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1 'Born and educated in this country'; 2 Search for a sound ministry; 3 Family, Lord North, and America; 4 King George and Pitt the Younger; 5 Illness, revolution, and war; 6 Decline and oblivion;



7 The legacy and reputation of George III; Sources; Index; A; B; C; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

Definitive, concise, and very interesting...  From William Shakespeare to Winston Churchill, the Very Interesting People series provides authoritative bite-sized biographies of Britain's most fascinating historical figures - people whose influence and importance have stood the test of time.  Each book in the series is based upon the biographical entry from the world-famous Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. -