Literature and Science in the Nineteenth Century An Anthology

Name: Literature and Science in the Nineteenth Century An Anthology
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ISBN: 9780199554652

ISBN-10: 019955465X

ISBN-13: 9780199554652

Edition: 2009

Authors: Laura Otis

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'It has been said by its opponents that science divorces itself from literature; but the statement, like so many others, arises from lack of knowledge.' John Tyndall, 1874Although we are used to thinking of science and the humanities as separate disciplines, in the nineteenth century that division was not recognized. As the scientist John Tyndall pointed out, not only were science and literature both striving to better 'man's estate', they shared a common language and cultural heritage. The same subjects occupied the writing of scientists and novelists: the quest for 'origins', the nature of the relation between society and the individual, and what it meant tobe human. This anthology brings…

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List price: $11.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 4/23/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 624
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.72" long x 1.42" tall
Weight: 0.990

Laura Otis is Associate Professor of English, Hofstra University. In 2000, she was awarded a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship for her interdisciplinary studies of literature and science.