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- catalog abstract ""The Mental Anatomies of William Godwin and Mary Shelley focuses on the influence of enlightenment and Romantic-era theories of the mind on the writings of Godwin and Shelley and examines the ways in which these writers use their fiction to explore such psychological phenomena as ruling passions, madness, the therapeutic value of confessions (both spoken and written), and the significance of dreams. In many cases, associationist psychology and the theory of the ruling passions enable Godwin and Shelley to provide fascinating and sophisticated insights into their characters' mental processes and behaviors. A number of their mental anatomies reflect the influence of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Confessions and his conceptions of mental transparency, sincerity, and environmental conditioning. Because his primary focus is on Godwinian and Shelleyan perspectives on the mind and its operations, Brewer avoids twentieth-century psychological terminology and ideas in his discussions of their fiction." "In The Mental Anatomies of William Godwin and Mary Shelley, Brewer contends that Godwin's and Shelley's literary mental anatomies should be regarded as exploratory and often inclusive thought-experiments. He organizes it by themes rather than by chronology or works. For the most part, he focuses on their lesser-known writings. In an effort to contextualize their fictional treatments of psychological themes, Brewer also considers the works of other Romantic-era writers including Mary Wollstonecraft, Joanna Baillie, Mary Hays, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, and Charles Brockden Brown, as well as the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century philosophical and medical theories that informed Godwin's and Shelley's presentations of mental states and types of behavior."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11997287.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""In The Mental Anatomies of William Godwin and Mary Shelley, Brewer contends that Godwin's and Shelley's literary mental anatomies should be regarded as exploratory and often inclusive thought-experiments. He organizes it by themes rather than by chronology or works. For the most part, he focuses on their lesser-known writings.".
- catalog description ""The Mental Anatomies of William Godwin and Mary Shelley focuses on the influence of enlightenment and Romantic-era theories of the mind on the writings of Godwin and Shelley and examines the ways in which these writers use their fiction to explore such psychological phenomena as ruling passions, madness, the therapeutic value of confessions (both spoken and written), and the significance of dreams. In many cases, associationist psychology and the theory of the ruling passions enable Godwin and Shelley to provide fascinating and sophisticated insights into their characters' mental processes and behaviors.".
- catalog description "A number of their mental anatomies reflect the influence of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Confessions and his conceptions of mental transparency, sincerity, and environmental conditioning. Because his primary focus is on Godwinian and Shelleyan perspectives on the mind and its operations, Brewer avoids twentieth-century psychological terminology and ideas in his discussions of their fiction."".
- catalog description "In an effort to contextualize their fictional treatments of psychological themes, Brewer also considers the works of other Romantic-era writers including Mary Wollstonecraft, Joanna Baillie, Mary Hays, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, and Charles Brockden Brown, as well as the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century philosophical and medical theories that informed Godwin's and Shelley's presentations of mental states and types of behavior."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "246 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Mental anatomies of William Godwin and Mary Shelley.".
- catalog identifier "0838638708 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Mental anatomies of William Godwin and Mary Shelley.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Madison, NJ : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; London ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses,".
- catalog relation "Mental anatomies of William Godwin and Mary Shelley.".
- catalog subject "823/.609353 21".
- catalog subject "Fathers and daughters in literature.".
- catalog subject "Godwin, William, 1756-1836 Influence.".
- catalog subject "Godwin, William, 1756-1836 Knowledge Psychology.".
- catalog subject "PR5398 .B74 2001".
- catalog subject "Psychological fiction, English History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Psychology in literature.".
- catalog subject "Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 Knowledge Psychology.".
- catalog title "The mental anatomies of William Godwin and Mary Shelley / William D. Brewer.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".