TY - JOUR
T1 - Literary Form and Philosophical Thought in Nineteenth-Century Britain
AU - Hext, Kate
N1 - Funding Information:
REH is a Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Wellcome Fellow (WT209199/Z/17/Z). The other authors declare no conflict of interest. This work was funded by the Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity. This work was supported by the NIHR GOSH BRC. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR, or the Department of Health. For the purpose of open access, the authors have applied a CC BY public copyright licence to any author accepted manuscript version arising from this submission.
Funding Information:
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REH is a Wellcome Trust Sir HenryWellcome Fellow (WT209199/ Z/17/Z). The other authors declare no conflict of interest. This work was funded by the Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity. This work was supported by the NIHR GOSH BRC. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR, or the Department of Health. For the purpose of open access, the authors have applied a CC BY public copyright licence to any author accepted manuscript version arising from this submission.
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© 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
PY - 2012/11
Y1 - 2012/11
N2 - This introduction to the special issue on Philosophy and Literature in Nineteenth-Century Britain intends to define the fundamental historical and theoretical contexts of the volume. There are three main parts to this contextualization. First, and most substantially, I explore the interests and evolution of philosophical ideas in nineteenth-century Britain. Whilst giving an overview of the trends and movements in the period, I argue that literature was essential in the dissemination, interrogation and even the constitution of philosophical ideas. Secondly, I sketch the increasing anxieties surrounding ‘philosophy’ in the nineteenth century, and suggest that nineteenth-century novelists, poets and literary critics participated significantly in rethinking the nature of abstract, systematized philosophical discourse. Thirdly, in framing this discussion, I address why philosophy and literature have been marginalized in nineteenth-century studies, arguing that the relationship between literature and philosophy is fundamental to our understanding of the period. Looking ahead, I suggest how scholars in nineteenth-century studies might enter into an interdisciplinary dialogue with philosophical studies of philosophy and literature.
AB - This introduction to the special issue on Philosophy and Literature in Nineteenth-Century Britain intends to define the fundamental historical and theoretical contexts of the volume. There are three main parts to this contextualization. First, and most substantially, I explore the interests and evolution of philosophical ideas in nineteenth-century Britain. Whilst giving an overview of the trends and movements in the period, I argue that literature was essential in the dissemination, interrogation and even the constitution of philosophical ideas. Secondly, I sketch the increasing anxieties surrounding ‘philosophy’ in the nineteenth century, and suggest that nineteenth-century novelists, poets and literary critics participated significantly in rethinking the nature of abstract, systematized philosophical discourse. Thirdly, in framing this discussion, I address why philosophy and literature have been marginalized in nineteenth-century studies, arguing that the relationship between literature and philosophy is fundamental to our understanding of the period. Looking ahead, I suggest how scholars in nineteenth-century studies might enter into an interdisciplinary dialogue with philosophical studies of philosophy and literature.
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U2 - 10.1111/lic3.12023
DO - 10.1111/lic3.12023
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84969201558
SN - 1741-4113
VL - 9
SP - 695
EP - 707
JO - Literature Compass
JF - Literature Compass
IS - 11
ER -