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Lewesconsort of George Eliot, biographer of Robespierre and Goethe, novelist, editor, and criticwas also a scientist and philosopher. Tjoa not only reconstructs Lewes' theory of criticism and his social and political opinions but also evaluates his contributions to Darwinian science both as original thinker and as popularizer.

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* The Making of a Man of Letters * The Man of Letters as Moralist Criticism of Society * Criticism of Literature * The Construction of a Victorian World-View * Science as Paradigm *An Empirical Metaphysics * Epilogue *Appendix: Calendar of the Life of George Henry Lewes *Bibliographical Essay *Notes *Index

George Henry Lewes A Victorian Mind

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      Publisher: Harvard University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 12/01/1978
      ISBN13: 9780674348745, 978-0674348745
      ISBN10: 0674348745

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Lewesconsort of George Eliot, biographer of Robespierre and Goethe, novelist, editor, and criticwas also a scientist and philosopher. Tjoa not only reconstructs Lewes' theory of criticism and his social and political opinions but also evaluates his contributions to Darwinian science both as original thinker and as popularizer.

      Table of Contents
      * The Making of a Man of Letters * The Man of Letters as Moralist Criticism of Society * Criticism of Literature * The Construction of a Victorian World-View * Science as Paradigm *An Empirical Metaphysics * Epilogue *Appendix: Calendar of the Life of George Henry Lewes *Bibliographical Essay *Notes *Index

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