George Eliot and Nineteenth-century Psychology: Exploring the Unmapped CountryAshgate Publishing, Ltd., 2006 - 216 pages This study of Eliot as a psychological novelist examines her writings in the context of a large volume of nineteenth-century scientific writing. Michael Davis aligns Eliot's work with the formulations of such key thinkers as Herbert Spencer, Charles Darwi |
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