S. O'Toole

Habit in the English Novel, 1850-1900 (eBook, PDF)

Lived Environments, Practices of the Self

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137349408
• Artikelnr.: 40718921

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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