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Beyond Understanding
Martha L. Henning
其他書名
Appeals to the Imagination, Passions, and Will in Mid-nineteenth-century American Women's Fiction
出版Peter Lang, 1996
主題History / GeneralHistory / Social HistoryLanguage Arts & Disciplines / RhetoricLiterary Criticism / GeneralLiterary Criticism / American / GeneralLiterary Criticism / Women AuthorsLiterary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / GeneralPsychology / GeneralPsychology / Cognitive Psychology & CognitionPsychology / Movements / General
ISBN08204286129780820428611
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=kEMzAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋To appreciate how and why America's first best-sellers so gripped the American soul, current readers need to recapture the era's cognitive paradigm. In Beyond Understanding, Dr. Henning introduces us to the nineteenth-century mind, influenced, in large part, by eighteenth-century Scottish philosopher, theologian, and rhetorician, George Campbell. Reading «feminine fifties» works in light of Campbell's faculty psychology helps reveal why this fiction so inspired its original readers; further, acknowledging and reevaluating marginalized reading methods supports an expanding literary canon. Finally, revisiting Campbell's «philosophy of rhetoric» encourages current lovers of discourse to experience literature and life holistically - beyond understanding.