Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog.
Note: Contents data are machine generated based on pre-publication provided by the publisher. Contents may have variations from the printed book or be incomplete or contain other coding.
Contents Acknowledgements v Introduction 3 1 The Mind and the Body 13 The Power of the Body 16 The Unpredictable Subject: Eliot¿s Physical Language of the Self 27 2 The History of the Self: The Formation of Mind 47 Instinct and Heredity: Darwin 52 Eliot and Spencer: Memory and the Formation of the Mind 68 3 The Possibilities of Emotion 85 Emotion and the Body 87 Emotion and the Social Organism 90 The Fluidity of Emotion 94 Emotion, Reason and the Seed Within the Self 100 Containing Emotion: Deronda 110 4 The Will, Consciousness, The Unconscious 115 The Problematic Concept of the Will 118 The Will and ¿Personality¿ 124 The Conscious Mind 130 The Unconscious 142 5 The Science of ¿Spirit¿: The Mind and Religious Experience 153 The Context of Eliot¿s Faith 160 Faith and Form 165 Faith and the Self: Romola 168 Faith and Science: Daniel Deronda 175 Conclusion: ¿Separate yet Combined¿ 183 Bibliography 191
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Eliot, George, 1819-1880 -- Knowledge -- Psychology.
Psychological fiction, English -- History and criticism.
Psychology -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Psychology -- History -- 19th century.
Psychology in literature.