The Brontës and the Idea of the Human : Science, Ethics, and the Victorian Imagination
- Submitting institution
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University of Aberdeen
- Unit of assessment
- 27 - English Language and Literature
- Output identifier
- 156642031
- Type
- B - Edited book
- DOI
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10.1017/9781316651063
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- ISBN
- 1107154812
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- May
- Year of publication
- 2019
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This volume is the result of over seven years work. The request for double weighting rests on Lewis’s contribution to the whole book: she conceived the collection, drew together a prestigious group of contributors and invited synergies between the creative and critical components. She wrote the Introduction (‘Human Subjects: Reimagining the Brontës for Twenty-First-Century Scholarship’, pp. 1-26); and her essay, ‘Being Human: De-Gendering Mental Anxiety; or Hysteria, Hypochondriasis, and Traumatic Memory in Charlotte Brontë’s Villette’ (pp. 84-106). The book builds on a conference convened by Lewis at Senate House, University of London, in November 2011 (‘Re-Imagining the Brontës’). 290 pages.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- In addition to her essay in this volume (chapter 4, ‘Being Human: De-Gendering Mental Anxiety; or Hysteria, Hypochondriasis, and Traumatic Memory in Charlotte Brontë’s Villette’, pp.84-106), Lewis was the sole academic editor of the collection. This collection of 13 original essays was conceived by Lewis, who commissioned the contributors to write their essays, developed the ideas and shape of the volume with them, and undertook editorial correspondence with each contributor. The result is that this collection covers an impressive range of new approaches to the Brontës while offering clear synergies between the essays and the innovative creative practice responses. The result is a volume that works collectively to open up new and innovative areas in the field. Lewis was the sole author of the Introduction (‘Human Subjects: Reimagining the Brontës for Twenty-First-Century Scholarship’, pp.1-26), which pulls the collection together and offers a piece of sustained criticism. She was also responsible for all editorial matter: Bibliography and Index.
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- Non-English
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