{"product_id":"thinking-about-other-people-in-nineteenthcentury-british-writing-9781107650763","title":"Thinking about Other People in NineteenthCentury British Writing","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book links literary works to psychological and philosophical beliefs of the Victorian era, by demonstrating a common concern among poets, novelists, philosophers, psychologists, and devotees of the occult with the question of whether thinking about someone can cause something to happen to them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The book's first surprise is to make a seemingly broad subject strikingly specific. Pinch's dazzling readings of a variety of literary forms ensure we will envision 'a Victorian world crowded with extra personal thought-energy' for a long time to come.' Debra Gettelman, The Review of English Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: love thinking; 1. Thinking as action: James Frederick Ferrier's Philosophy of Consciousness; 2. Foam, aura, or melody: theorizing mental force in Victorian Britain; 3. Thinking in the second person in nineteenth-century poetry; 4. Thinking and knowing in Patmore and Meredith; 5. Daniel Deronda and the omnipotence of thought; Conclusion: the ethics of belief and the poetics of thinking about another person.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769017958743,"sku":"9781107650763","price":31.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781107650763.jpg?v=1758719358","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/thinking-about-other-people-in-nineteenthcentury-british-writing-9781107650763","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}