Literature and Science

Essays exploring the complex relationship between literature and science.

Sommario

From Popular Science to Contemplation: the Clouds of The Cloud of Unknow ing - Gillian Rudd
"Dreams and Plain Dotage": the Value of The Birth of Mankind [1540-1 654] - Elaine Hobby
Natural Rights and Natural History in Anna Barbauld and Mary Wollstonecraft - Sharon Ruston
George Eliot, Geometry and Gender - Alice Jenkins
On the Back of the Light Waves: Novel Possibilities in the "Fourth Dimensio n" - Katy Price
Le Fanu's "Carmilla", Ireland, and Diseased Vision - Martin Willis
Evolution, Literary History and Science Fiction - Brian Baker
"The Luxury of Storytelling": Science, Literature and Cultural Contest in Ian McEwan's Narrative Practice - David Amigoni

Riassunto

Essays exploring the complex relationship between literature and science.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: David Amigoni, Brian Baker, Elaine Hobby, Alice Jenkins, Sharon Ruston
• Con la collaborazione di: Sharon Ruston (Editore)
• Editore: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 17.07.2008
• EAN: 9781843841784
• ISBN: 978-1-84384-178-4
• Pagine: 188
• Peso: 478 g
• Illustrazioni: 3 b/w illus.
• Serie: Essays and Studies; English Association: Essays an
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata