Literature and science
Gillian, Rudd: From popular science to contemplation: the clouds of 'The Cloud of Unknowing' -- Hobby, Elaine: "Dreams and plain dotage": the value of 'The Birth of Mankind' (1540-1654) -- Ruston, Sharon: Natural rights and natural history in Anna Barbauld and Mary Woll...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Cambridge u.a.
Brewer
2008
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| Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
| Schriftenreihe: | Essays and studies
N.S., Vol. 61.2008 |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Gillian, Rudd: From popular science to contemplation: the clouds of 'The Cloud of Unknowing' -- Hobby, Elaine: "Dreams and plain dotage": the value of 'The Birth of Mankind' (1540-1654) -- Ruston, Sharon: Natural rights and natural history in Anna Barbauld and Mary Wollstonecraft -- Jenkins, Alice: George Eliot, geometry and gender -- Price, Katy: On the back of the light waves: novel possibilities in the "Fourth Dimension" -- Willis, Martin. Le Fanu's "Carmilla", Ireland, and diseased vision -- Baker, Brian: Evolution, literary history and science fiction -- Amigoni, David: "The luxury of storytelling": science, literature and cultural contest in Ian McEwan's narrative practice. In 1959 C. P. Snow memorably described the 'gulf of mutual incomprehension' which existed between 'literary intellectuals' and scientists, referring to them as 'two cultures'. This volume looks at the extent to which this has changed. Ranging from the middle ages to twentieth-century science fiction and literary theory, and using different texts, genres, and methodologies, the essays collected here demonstrate the complexity of literature, science, and the interfaces between them. Texts and authors discussed include Ian McEwan's Saturday; Sheridan le Fanu; The Birth of Mankind; Franco Morretti; Anna Barbauld; Dorothy L. Sayers; The Cloud of Unknowing; George Eliot and Mary Wollstonecraft. |
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| Beschreibung: | Literaturangaben |
| Beschreibung: | XI, 176 S. Ill. 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 1843841789 1-84384-178-9 9781843841784 978-1-84384-178-4 |