{"product_id":"9781526143723","title":"The dome of thought","description":"Author: William Hughes\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526143723\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 29 Mar 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe dome of thought\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is an accessible and lively history of the Victorian pseudoscience of phrenology. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe dome of thought\u003c\/i\u003e is the first study of phrenology based primarily on the popular - rather than medical -appreciation of this important and controversial pseudoscience. With detailed reference to the reports printed in popular newspapers from the early years of the nineteenth century to the fin de siecle, the book provides an unequalled insight into the Victorian public's understanding of the techniques, assumptions and implications of defining a person's character by way of the bumps on their skull. Highly relevant to the study of the many authors - Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens, and George Eliot, among them - whose fiction was informed by the imagery of phrenology, \u003ci\u003eThe dome of thought\u003c\/i\u003e will prove an essential resource for anybody with an interest in the popular and literary culture of the nineteenth century, including literary scholars, medical historians and the general reader.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920498966686,"sku":"ING-9781526143723","price":183.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526143723.jpg?v=1782822176","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526143723","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}