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11:24 PM 8/8/96 -0700
From: "Society for Literature & Science" 

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Date: 8 Aug 1996 07:01:54 -0700
From: Martha Bartter 
Subject: Phrenology
At 07:47 8/7/96 -0400, you wrote:
>Hello,
>does anyone know of any studies on the history of phrenology and
its
>relationship with literature?  I'm specifically interested in 19th
century
>Latin American literature, but I've had trouble finding much on
phrenology
>and literature in general.
>Thanks,
>Andrew Brown
>
>"Alcanzar alguno a ser eminente en letras le cuesta
>tiempo, vigilias, hambre, desnudez, vaguidos de
>cabeza,indigestiones de estomago y otras cosas a
>estas adherentes"
>-Don Quijote de la Mancha
>
>Andrew Brown
>Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese,
>University of Virginia
>abrown@virginia.edu
>http://darwin.clas.virginia.edu/~jab5b
>
Andrew: look under "pseudoscience" and if that doesn't work,
try looking under Nathaniel Hawthorne. I can't remember the
title or the author of a fascinating work I read on that topic
when I was teaching a lot of Hawthorne, but I know it's out
there.
Martha A. Bartter
Language & Literature
Truman State University
mbartter@truman.edu
Martha A. Bartter
Language & Literature
Truman State University
mbartter@truman.edu
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Date: 8 Aug 1996 09:05:39 -0700
From: Lori Wagner 
Subject: Re: Phrenology
In addition, although perhaps not specifically related to literature,
you 
might find literary references or clues for further research in volumes
such as:
J. Spurzheim:  Phrenology, or the Doctrine of the Mental Phenomena (see
American editions);
O. Fowler:  Phrenology, a Practical Guide to your Head, 1969;
Xavier, Bichat (a volume of several works on phrenology, 1978);
J. Davies:  Phrenology:  Fad and Science.
Samuel G. Morton also wrote a comparison of skulls from North and South
America in :  Crania Americana, 1839.  Perhaps it includes a
bibliography 
for further references.
And finally, there are several journals that might be of assistance in
locating references on history of phren.:  1)  The Phrenological
Journal
and Science of Health, 2)  The American Phrenological Journal..., 3) 
The 
Annals of Phrenology.
According to Martha Bartter:
>
> At 07:47 8/7/96 -0400, you wrote:
> >Hello,
> >does anyone know of any studies on the history of phrenology
and its
> >relationship with literature?  I'm specifically interested in
19th century
> >Latin American literature, but I've had trouble finding much on
phrenology
> >and literature in general.
> >Thanks,
> >Andrew Brown
> >
> >"Alcanzar alguno a ser eminente en letras le cuesta
> >tiempo, vigilias, hambre, desnudez, vaguidos de
> >cabeza,indigestiones de estomago y otras cosas a
> >estas adherentes"
> >-Don Quijote de la Mancha
> >
> >Andrew Brown
> >Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese,
> >University of Virginia
> >abrown@virginia.edu
> >http://darwin.clas.virginia.edu/~jab5b
> >
> Andrew: look under "pseudoscience" and if that doesn't
work,
> try looking under Nathaniel Hawthorne. I can't remember the
> title or the author of a fascinating work I read on that topic
> when I was teaching a lot of Hawthorne, but I know it's out
> there.
>
> Martha A. Bartter
> Language & Literature
> Truman State University
>
> mbartter@truman.edu
>
>
> Martha A. Bartter
> Language & Literature
> Truman State University
>
> mbartter@truman.edu
>
>
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Date: 8 Aug 1996 12:11:26 -0700
From: Joseph Duemer 
Subject: Re: Phrenology
On Thu, 8 Aug 1996, Lori Wagner wrote:
> In addition, although perhaps not specifically related to
literature, you
> might find literary references or clues for further research in
volumes 
> such as:
>
> J. Spurzheim:  Phrenology, or the Doctrine of the Mental Phenomena
(see 
> American editions);
> O. Fowler:  Phrenology, a Practical Guide to your Head, 1969;
> Xavier, Bichat (a volume of several works on phrenology, 1978);
> J. Davies:  Phrenology:  Fad and Science.
>
> Samuel G. Morton also wrote a comparison of skulls from North and
South 
> America in :  Crania Americana, 1839.  Perhaps it includes a
bibliography
> for further references.
>
> And finally, there are several journals that might be of assistance
in
> locating references on history of phren.:  1)  The Phrenological
Journal
> and Science of Health, 2)  The American Phrenological Journal...,
3)  The
> Annals of Phrenology.
>
>
>
>
> According to Martha Bartter:
> >
> > At 07:47 8/7/96 -0400, you wrote:
> > >Hello,
> > >does anyone know of any studies on the history of
phrenology and its
> > >relationship with literature?  I'm specifically interested
in 19th century
> > >Latin American literature, but I've had trouble finding
much on phrenology
> > >and literature in general.
> > >Thanks,
> > >Andrew Brown
> > >
> > >"Alcanzar alguno a ser eminente en letras le cuesta
> > >tiempo, vigilias, hambre, desnudez, vaguidos de
> > >cabeza,indigestiones de estomago y otras cosas a
> > >estas adherentes"
> > >-Don Quijote de la Mancha
> > >
> > >Andrew Brown
> > >Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese,
> > >University of Virginia
> > >abrown@virginia.edu
> > >http://darwin.clas.virginia.edu/~jab5b
> > >
> > Andrew: look under "pseudoscience" and if that
doesn't work,
> > try looking under Nathaniel Hawthorne. I can't remember the
> > title or the author of a fascinating work I read on that
topic
> > when I was teaching a lot of Hawthorne, but I know it's out
> > there.
> >
> > Martha A. Bartter
> > Language & Literature
> > Truman State University
> >
> > mbartter@truman.edu
> >
> >
> > Martha A. Bartter
> > Language & Literature
> > Truman State University
> >
> > mbartter@truman.edu
> >
> >
>
>
>
There are a couple of interesting allusions to Phren. in Darwin's
*Autobiography.* In fact, Fitz-Roy almost rejected Darwin as Naturalist
because of the shape of his nose. See pp 72 & 76-77 of the Norton
paperback edition. Are noses part of phrenological concern?
There are also multiple references in Whitman. See the index of Justin
Kaplin's bio for extensive discussion.
Joseph Duemer
Clarkson University
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Date: 8 Aug 1996 13:13:36 -0700
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Subject: Fwd: H-Nexa, interdisciplinary sciences-humanities issues
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 1996 10:51:38 -0500
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Date: 8 Aug 1996 14:19:04 -0700
From: Greg Wise 
Subject: Re: technology and time
At 12:26 PM 7/23/96 CDT, you wrote:
>hello -
[snip]
>        this is but one example of designing needs based on techno.
>capability. will the ever-increasing techno advances just make
modern, urban
>societies even busier? will it be possible to slow down?
>        thanks,
>        caroline
You might look at George Ritzer's The McDonaldization of society:  An
investigation into the changing character of contemporary social life. 
Pine
Forge Press/Sage, 1993.
And the fact that this discussion is occurring over email ...
greg
J. Macgregor Wise
Speech and Communication Studies
Clemson University
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