The Mental Anatomies of William Godwin and Mary ShelleyFairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2001 - 246 pages This book explores 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. Unlike most studies of Godwin and Shelley, it does not privilege their masterworks -- for the most part, it focuses on their lesser-known writings. Brewer also considers the works of other Romantic-era writers, 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. |
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... victim as a criminal : “ Am I to be thought the only criminal , when all human kind sinned against me ? " ( 163 ) ... victims , suffering , in some cases , because of their virtues rather than their crimes . While Frankenstein and his ...
... victim as a criminal : “ Am I to be thought the only criminal , when all human kind sinned against me ? " ( 163 ) ... victims , suffering , in some cases , because of their virtues rather than their crimes . While Frankenstein and his ...
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... victim . Lionel Verney , the narrator of The Last Man , asks : " Who , after a great disaster , has not looked back with wonder at his inconceivable obtuseness of understanding , that could not perceive the many minute threads with ...
... victim . Lionel Verney , the narrator of The Last Man , asks : " Who , after a great disaster , has not looked back with wonder at his inconceivable obtuseness of understanding , that could not perceive the many minute threads with ...
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... victim - narrators are not ambi- tious like St. Leon and Frankenstein , or vengeful like Mandeville and Frankenstein's monster . They are more interested in helping their families than in saving humankind or destroying their ene- mies ...
... victim - narrators are not ambi- tious like St. Leon and Frankenstein , or vengeful like Mandeville and Frankenstein's monster . They are more interested in helping their families than in saving humankind or destroying their ene- mies ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 9 |
The Transparent Mind | 30 |
The Ruling Passions | 86 |
Copyright | |
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