George Eliot, G.H. Lewes and the Victorian Science of Mind: Is Hetty the Missing Link in the Evolution of Feeling?

Authors

  • Rosalind De Sailly

Keywords:

George Eliot, Adam Bede, G.H. Lewes, Victorian, philosophy literature, science,

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2020-06-11

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De Sailly, R. (2020). George Eliot, G.H. Lewes and the Victorian Science of Mind: Is Hetty the Missing Link in the Evolution of Feeling?. Australasian Journal of Victorian Studies, 2(1), 22-32. https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/AJVS/article/view/13657