Physiognomy and the Meaning of Expression in Nineteenth-Century Culture |
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| Author:
| Hartley, Lucy M. |
| Contribution by:
| Beer, Gillian |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-79272-1 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2001 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $149.95 |
Book Description:
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Starting with the physiognomical teachings of Johann Caspar Lavater, in this 2001 book Lucy Hartley assesses the significance of the physiognomical tradition to Charles Bell and the Pre-Raphaelites and the new doctrines espoused by Alexander Bain and Herbert Spencer. She demonstrates how the evolutionary explanation of expression proposed by Spencer and Darwin is both the outcome of this tradition and the reason for its dissolution.
Starting with the physiognomical teachings of Johann Caspar Lavater, in this 2001 book Lucy Hartley assesses the significance of the physiognomical tradition to Charles Bell and the Pre-Raphaelites and the new doctrines espoused by Alexander Bain and Herbert Spencer. She demonstrates how the evolutionary explanation of expression proposed by Spencer and Darwin is both the outcome of this tradition and the reason for its dissolution.