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George Henry Lewes
Hock Guan Tjoa
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Description for George Henry Lewes
Hardcover. Series: Historical Monograph. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1port. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 363.
George Henry Lewes, consort of George Eliot biographer of Robespierre and Goethe, novelist, editor, and critic, was also a scientist and philosopher. An intellectual figure of great importance on the Victorian scene, he has never before received adequate modern scholarly appreciation. In this book Professor Tjoa not only reconstructs Lewes’ theory of criticism and his social and political opinions but also evaluates his contributions to Darwinian science both as original thinker and as popularizer. With skillful discrimination, moreover, Mr. Tjoa has extracted from Lewes’ massive five-volume Problems of Life and Mind a clear and succinct account of Lewes’ metaphysical views. ... Read more
George Henry Lewes, consort of George Eliot biographer of Robespierre and Goethe, novelist, editor, and critic, was also a scientist and philosopher. An intellectual figure of great importance on the Victorian scene, he has never before received adequate modern scholarly appreciation. In this book Professor Tjoa not only reconstructs Lewes’ theory of criticism and his social and political opinions but also evaluates his contributions to Darwinian science both as original thinker and as popularizer. With skillful discrimination, moreover, Mr. Tjoa has extracted from Lewes’ massive five-volume Problems of Life and Mind a clear and succinct account of Lewes’ metaphysical views. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Series
Historical Monograph
Number of Pages
172
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674348745
SKU
V9780674348745
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About Hock Guan Tjoa
Hock Guan Tjoa is Lecturer in History and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya.
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