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Popular Fiction and Brain Science in the Late Nineteenth Century - Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture Stiles, Anne (Professor, St Louis University, Missouri)
Popular Fiction and Brain Science in the Late Nineteenth Century - Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture
Stiles, Anne (Professor, St Louis University, Missouri)
Explores how Gothic romances engaged with late Victorian cognitive science. The book explains why popular novels like Dracula and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde expressed fears and visionary possibilities suggested by contemporary neurological research. This topic will interest literary scholars, historians of science and fans of Gothic literature more generally.
274 pages, 6 b/w illus.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | December 22, 2011 |
| ISBN13 | 9781107010017 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 274 |
| Dimensions | 176 × 233 × 18 mm · 566 g |
| Language | English |