{"product_id":"thomas-hardys-brains-psychology-neurology-and-hardys-imagination-9780814252758","title":"Thomas Hardy's Brains: Psychology, Neurology, and Hardy's Imagination","description":"The imagery of brains and nerves that Thomas Hardy employed in over a half century of writing amply demonstrates that he knew the psychology of his time. \u003ci\u003eThomas Hardy's Brains: Psychology, Neurology, and Hardy's Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e reevaluates Hardy's representations of minds, the will, and consciousness (and nescience) in the context of Victorian brain science and Victorian medical neurology. Susanne Keen traces his reading from his early twenties until his old age in sources such as \u003ci\u003eThe Literary Notebooks, \u003c\/i\u003e collections of reading notes made by Hardy from the 1860s onward. In showing how Hardy the reader informed Hardy the novelist and poet, she gives new insight into the unusual techniques Hardy used to represent fictional consciousness in his fiction and shows how the image schemas in his poetry embody his convictions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This study reveals how Hardy made sense of diverse sources of an affective human psychology, a discipline that expanded significantly during Hardy's working life. From the 1870s to the turn of the twentieth century, the tools and techniques for studying the structures and function of the nervous system developed rapidly. Simultaneously, Hardy moved steadily toward realizing a more physiologically accurate rendering of brains and nerves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Suzanne Keen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814252758\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSusanne Keen is Thomas H. Broadus Professor of English and Dean of the College, Washington and Lee University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ohio State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40830473666675,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":57.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_24f03926-19aa-4705-a4c1-a0e0a1dfeda9.jpg?v=1684504064","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/thomas-hardys-brains-psychology-neurology-and-hardys-imagination-9780814252758","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}