Title: Beyond understanding
First published: 1996
Description: To appreciate how and why America's first best-sellers so gripped the American soul, current readers need to recapture the era's cognitive paradigm. In Beyond Understanding, Dr. Henning introduces us to the nineteenth-century mind, influenced, in large part, by eighteenth-century Scottish philosopher, theologian, and rhetorician, George Campbell.

Reading "feminine fifties" works in light of Campbell's faculty psychology helps reveal why this fiction so inspired its original readers; further, acknowledging and reevaluating marginalized reading methods supports an expanding literary canon. Finally, revisiting Campbell's "philosophy of rhetoric" encourages current lovers of discourse to experience literature and life holistically - beyond understanding.
Subjects: History, History and criticism, American fiction, Psychology and literature, Will in literature, Women and literature, Literature and society, Individuality in literature, Women authors, Imagination in literature, Emotions in literature, Self in literature, Narration (Rhetoric), Histoire, Émotions dans la littérature, Écrits de femmes américains, Rhetorik, Frauenliteratur, Individualité dans la littérature, Littérature et société, Femmes et littérature, Psychologie et littérature, Imaginaire dans la littérature, Roman américain, Volonté dans la littérature, Histoire et critique, Moi (Psychologie) dans la littérature, Rezeption, Narration, Campbell, george, 1719-1796, American fiction, women authors, American fiction, history and criticism, 19th century
Places: United States
People: George Campbell (1719-1796)
Time periods: 19th century
LC classification: PS374.W6 H44 1996