The Resource Metaphors of mind in fiction and psychology, Michael S. Kearns
Metaphors of mind in fiction and psychology, Michael S. Kearns
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The item Metaphors of mind in fiction and psychology, Michael S. Kearns represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries.
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- Summary
- Curiosity about the human mind -- what it is and how it functions -- began long before modern psychology. But because the mind and its processes are so elusive, they could be described only by means of metaphor. Michael Kearns, in this prize-winning study, examines the development of metaphors of the mind in psychological writings from Hobbes through William James and in fiction from Defoe through Henry James. Throughout the eighteenth century and even into the early nineteenth, metaphors of the mind as a relatively simple entity, either mechanical or biological, dominated both those engaged in
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (270 pages)
- Contents
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- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; I. The Problem of Metaphors of Mind; II. Metaphor Theory and Metaphors of Mind; III. Corpuscular Thoughts, Tangible Minds: Eighteenth-Century Psychology and Fiction; IV. Mind as Entity in Nineteenth-Century Psychology; V Revealing Surfaces, Predictable Depths: Mind as Entity in Brontë and Dickens; VI. Toward the Life of the Mind: James and Eliot Discover Sentience; VII. Afterword: William James' Language of the Mind; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
- Isbn
- 9780813163352
- Label
- Metaphors of mind in fiction and psychology
- Title
- Metaphors of mind in fiction and psychology
- Statement of responsibility
- Michael S. Kearns
- Subject
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- 1800-1899
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- England
- English fiction
- English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- History
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Metaphor
- Metaphor
- Mind and body
- Mind and body in literature
- Mind and body in literature
- Psychological fiction, English
- Psychological fiction, English -- History and criticism
- Psychology
- Psychology -- History
- Psychology and literature
- Psychology and literature
- Mind and body -- England
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Curiosity about the human mind -- what it is and how it functions -- began long before modern psychology. But because the mind and its processes are so elusive, they could be described only by means of metaphor. Michael Kearns, in this prize-winning study, examines the development of metaphors of the mind in psychological writings from Hobbes through William James and in fiction from Defoe through Henry James. Throughout the eighteenth century and even into the early nineteenth, metaphors of the mind as a relatively simple entity, either mechanical or biological, dominated both those engaged in
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1947-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kearns, Michael S.
- Dewey number
- 820.9353
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR868.P75 K44 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- English fiction
- Psychological fiction, English
- Mind and body in literature
- Psychology and literature
- Mind and body
- Psychology
- Metaphor
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- English fiction
- Metaphor
- Mind and body
- Mind and body in literature
- Psychological fiction, English
- Psychology
- Psychology and literature
- England
- Label
- Metaphors of mind in fiction and psychology, Michael S. Kearns
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-247) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; I. The Problem of Metaphors of Mind; II. Metaphor Theory and Metaphors of Mind; III. Corpuscular Thoughts, Tangible Minds: Eighteenth-Century Psychology and Fiction; IV. Mind as Entity in Nineteenth-Century Psychology; V Revealing Surfaces, Predictable Depths: Mind as Entity in Brontë and Dickens; VI. Toward the Life of the Mind: James and Eliot Discover Sentience; VII. Afterword: William James' Language of the Mind; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
- Control code
- 900345213
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (270 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780813163352
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt129fgn5
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)900345213
- Label
- Metaphors of mind in fiction and psychology, Michael S. Kearns
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-247) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; I. The Problem of Metaphors of Mind; II. Metaphor Theory and Metaphors of Mind; III. Corpuscular Thoughts, Tangible Minds: Eighteenth-Century Psychology and Fiction; IV. Mind as Entity in Nineteenth-Century Psychology; V Revealing Surfaces, Predictable Depths: Mind as Entity in Brontë and Dickens; VI. Toward the Life of the Mind: James and Eliot Discover Sentience; VII. Afterword: William James' Language of the Mind; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
- Control code
- 900345213
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (270 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780813163352
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt129fgn5
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)900345213
Subject
- 1800-1899
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- England
- English fiction
- English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- History
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Metaphor
- Metaphor
- Mind and body
- Mind and body in literature
- Mind and body in literature
- Psychological fiction, English
- Psychological fiction, English -- History and criticism
- Psychology
- Psychology -- History
- Psychology and literature
- Psychology and literature
- Mind and body -- England
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