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Habit in the English Novel, 1850-1900

Lived Environments, Practices of the Self

Palgrave Macmillan

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Introduction: An Embedded History

    1. Introduction: An Embedded History

      • Sean O’Toole
      Pages 1-32
  3. Generative Habits

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 33-33
  4. Patterns of Consciousness

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
    2. Embodied Dispositions, Meredithian Slips

      • Sean O’Toole
      Pages 97-131
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 164-212

About this book

This book offers new perspectives on the concept of habit in the nineteenth-century novel, delineating the complex, changing significance of the term and exploring the ways in which its meanings play out in a range of narratives, from Dickens to James.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Baruch College, City University of New York, USA

    Sean O’Toole

About the author

Sean O'Toole is Assistant Professor of English at the City University of New York, Baruch College, USA.

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