Equal natures : popular brain science and Victorian women's writing /

Explores how Victorian women writers used the popular science of phrenology to challenge socially constructed forms of power.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Claggett, Shalyn R. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Albany : State University of New York Press, [2023].
Series:	SUNY series, studies in the long nineteenth century.
Subjects:	English literature > Women authors > History and criticism. English literature > 19th century > History and criticism. Phrenology in literature. Literature and society > England > History > 19th century.

Description
Summary:	Explores how Victorian women writers used the popular science of phrenology to challenge socially constructed forms of power.
Physical Description:	xiv, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781438493152 1438493150