In his study of Eliot as a psychological novelist, Michael Davis examines Eliot's writings in the context of a large volume of nineteenth-century scientific writing about the mind. Eliot, Davis argues, manipulated scientific language in often subversive ways to propose a vision of mind as both fundamentally connected to the external world and radically isolated from and independent of that world. In showing the alignments between Eliot's work and the formulations of such key thinkers as Herbert Spencer, Charles Darwin, T. H. Huxley, and G. H. Lewes, Davis reveals how Eliot responds both creatively and critically to contemporary theories of mind, as she explores such fundamental issues as the mind/body relationship, the mind in evolutionary theory, the significance of reason and emotion, and consciousness. Davis also points to important parallels between Eliot's work and new and future developments in psychology, particularly in the work of William James. In Middlemarch, for example, Eliot demonstrates more clearly than either Lewes or James the way the conscious self is shaped by language. Davis concludes by showing that the complexity of mind, which Eliot expresses through her imaginative use of scientific language, takes on a potentially theological significance. His book suggests a new trajectory for scholars exploring George Eliot's representations of the self in the context of science, society, and religious faith.
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Michael Davis read English at King's College, Cambridge, before pursuing postgraduate studies at the Universities of Warwick and Liverpool, both in the UK. He is Part-Time Lecturer in English Literature at Kingston University, and Literature Tutor at the English Language Teaching Centre, University of Essex.
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This passionate, intricate description of the processes of scientific research throws into prominence Eliot's profound sense of the varied powers of the mind. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mental solidity, wider mind, definable interests, sympathetic motive, spiritual mechanism, mental formation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Adam Bede, Daniel Deronda, George Eliot, The Mill, Silas Marner, The Principles of Psychology, Maggie Tulliver, Felix Holt, Penguin Books, The Descent of Man, Sir Hugo, Cambridge University Press, William James, David Carroll, Some Omissions of Introspective, The Origin of Species, The Study of Psychology, Embodied Selves, First Principles, Gillian Beer, Sally Shuttleworth, Sara Hennell, Scenes of Clerical Life, Social Statics, The History of the Self New!
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This passionate, intricate description of the processes of scientific research throws into prominence Eliot's profound sense of the varied powers of the mind. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mental solidity, wider mind, definable interests, sympathetic motive, spiritual mechanism, mental formation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Adam Bede, Daniel Deronda, George Eliot, The Mill, Silas Marner, The Principles of Psychology, Maggie Tulliver, Felix Holt, Penguin Books, The Descent of Man, Sir Hugo, Cambridge University Press, William James, David Carroll, Some Omissions of Introspective, The Origin of Species, The Study of Psychology, Embodied Selves, First Principles, Gillian Beer, Sally Shuttleworth, Sara Hennell, Scenes of Clerical Life, Social Statics, The History of the Self New!
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- Adam Bede (Oxford World's Classics) by George Eliot on 33 pages
- Adam Bede (Penguin Classics) by George Eliot on 33 pages
- Daniel Deronda (Oxford World's Classics) by George Eliot on 27 pages
- The Mill on the Floss (Penguin Classics) by George Eliot on 19 pages
- Silas Marner (Bantam Classics) by George Eliot on 14 pages
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