LEADER 03124nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910454484803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8166-6652-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000721631 035 $a(EBL)433174 035 $a(OCoLC)310982766 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000145693 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11152155 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000145693 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10157193 035 $a(PQKB)11288545 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC433174 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse39072 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL433174 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10274275 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL523394 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000721631 100 $a20080724d2009 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEmbodied$b[electronic resource] $eVictorian literature and the senses /$fWilliam A. Cohen 210 $aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (200 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-5013-6 311 $a0-8166-5012-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 137-173) and index. 327 $aSubject: embodiment and the senses -- Self: material interiority in Dickens and Bronte -- Skin: surface and sensation in Trollope's "The banks of the Jordan" -- Senses: face and feeling in Hardy's The return of the native -- Soul: inside Hopkins. 330 $aWhat does it mean to be human? British writers in the Victorian period found a surprising answer to this question. What is human, they discovered, is nothing more or less than the human body itself. In literature of the period, as well as in scientific writing and journalism, the notion of an interior human essence came to be identified with the material existence of the body. The organs of sensory perception were understood as crucial routes of exchange between the interior and the external worlds. Anatomizing Victorian ideas of the human, William A. Cohen considers the meaning of sensory enc 606 $aEnglish literature$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aSenses and sensation in literature 606 $aSelf in literature 606 $aSubjectivity in literature 606 $aMind and body in literature 606 $aHuman body in literature 606 $aHuman body (Philosophy) 606 $aPsychology and literature$xHistory$y19th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aSenses and sensation in literature. 615 0$aSelf in literature. 615 0$aSubjectivity in literature. 615 0$aMind and body in literature. 615 0$aHuman body in literature. 615 0$aHuman body (Philosophy) 615 0$aPsychology and literature$xHistory 676 $a820.9/008 700 $aCohen$b William A$0113510 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454484803321 996 $aEmbodied$92033010 997 $aUNINA