The cure of the passions and the origins of the English novel

Abstract

List of illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: the passions and the English novel 1. The physician and the mind from Zeno to Arbuthnot 2. The heart, the Holy Ghost, and the ghost of Michael Servetus 3. Alexander Monro and the anatomist's gaze 4. Defoe and the natural history of the passions 5. Crusoe in the cave: family passions in Robinson Crusoe 6. The sinner, the saddler and the brewer's wife: three case studies in desire 7. 'Surprised by his passions': the ghost of Servetus and the reverend John Lewis 8. 'Mr Jones had somewhat about him': Henry Fielding and the moral sense 9. Burney, Richardson, and the 'extirpation' of the passions Epilogue: Belinda and the end of the origins Appendix 1. Who was 'Betty'? Appendix 2. Who was 'Sir Benjamin Hodges'? Appendix 3. The history of the 'history of the life of Servetus', told in letters Bibliography Index.