Habit in the English Novel, 1850-1900: Lived Environments, Practices of the Self
Author:   S. O'Toole
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2013
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9781349467907


Pages:   212
Publication Date:   01 January 2013
Format:   Paperback
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Habit in the English Novel, 1850-1900: Lived Environments, Practices of the Self


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This book offers new perspectives on the concept of habit in the nineteenth-century novel, delineating the complex, changing significance of the term and exploring the ways in which its meanings play out in a range of narratives, from Dickens to James.

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Author:   S. O'Toole
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2013
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781349467907


ISBN 10:   1349467901
Pages:   212
Publication Date:   01 January 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: GENERATIVE HABITS 1 The Sensing Self: Dickens and the Space of Habit 2 Believing is Seeing: George Eliot's Past Effects PART II: PATTERNS OF CONSCIOUSNESS 3 Embodied Dispositions, Meredithian Slips 4 Passionate Possessions: Henry James's Queer Properties Coda: The Grain and the Heap, or the Afterlife of Habit Notes Bibliography Index

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Sean O'Toole is Assistant Professor of English at the City University of New York, Baruch College, USA.

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