Literature and Science (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Ruston, Sharon

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Essays exploring the complex relationship between literature and science.

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 theinterfaces 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.

Dr SHARON RUSTON is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Keele. CONTRIBUTORS: SHARON RUSTON, GILLIAN RUDD, ELAINE HOBBY, ALICE JENKINS, KATY PRICE, MARTIN WILLIS, BRIAN BAKER, DAVID AMIGONI

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, D ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wits University Press
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juli 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781846156557
• Artikelnr.: 63918419

Inhaltsangabe

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