Bad Logic: Reasoning about Desire in the Victorian Novel, by Daniel Wright

A study of seemingly irrational romantic feelings reveals much about sexuality in 19th-century literature, finds Charlotte Jones

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August 30, 2018

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August 30, 2018

Charlotte Jones

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Complexities of desire: what constitutes a bad romantic decision?

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