Phantasmatic Knowledge: Visions of the Human and the Scientific Gaze in English Literature, 1880-1930

By Susanne Scholz

Phantasmatic Knowledge investigates changing anthropological visions as they were negotiated in late Victorian and early twentieth century literature. It starts from the assumption that in nineteenth century scientific discourse, a human being can only be accepted as fully human if it is visually perceived as human. One of the scient

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3825361683
• ISBN13: 9783825361686
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Universitatsverlag Winter
• Length: 177 Pages