Bad logic : reasoning about desire in the Victorian novel / Daniel Wright.

  • Wright, Daniel, 1983-
Date:
[2018]
  • Books

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Description

"Offering close readings of canonical writers Charlotte Brontë, Anthony Trollope, George Eliot, and Henry James, Bad Logic contextualizes their work within the historical development of the philosophy of language and the theory of sexuality. This book will interest a range of scholars working in Victorian literature, gender and sexuality studies, and interdisciplinary approaches to literature and philosophy." -- From publisher's website.

Publication/Creation

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2018]

Physical description

ix, 219 pages ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: To give a form to formless things -- Charlotte Bronte's contradictions -- Anthony Trollope's tautologies -- George Eliot's vagueness -- Henry James's generality -- Afterword: Queer fiction and the law.

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ISBN

  • 9781421425177
  • 1421425173