Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ;
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-285) and index
Introduction -- pt. 1. Psychological discourse in the Victorian era. The art of surveillance -- The Haworth context -- Insanity and selfhood -- Reading the mind: physiognomy and phrenology -- The female bodily economy -- pt. 2. Charlotte Brontë's fiction. The early writings: penetrating power -- The Professor: 'the art of self-control' -- Jane Eyre: 'lurid hieroglyphics' -- Shirley: bodies and markets -- Villette: 'the surveillance of a sleepless eye' -- Conclusion
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Charlotte Brontë and Victorian psychology.
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English fiction-- Psychological aspects.
Psychology-- Great Britain-- History-- 19th century.