Character: The History of a Cultural Obsession

by Marjorie Garber

Book Overview

What is "character"?

Since at least Aristotle's time, philosophers, theologians, moralists, artists, and scientists have pondered the enigma of human character. In its oldest usage, "character" derives from a word for engraving or stamping, yet over time, it has come to mean a moral idea, a type, a literary persona, and a physical or physiological manifestation observable in works of art and scientific experiments. It is an essential term...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374120854
• ISBN13: 9780374120856
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.8" x 9.1"