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Space and the 'March of Mind': Literature and the Physical Sciences in Britain 1815-1850
Jenkins, Alice (Lecturer, Department of English Literature, University of Glasgow)
Space and the 'March of Mind': Literature and the Physical Sciences in Britain 1815-1850
Jenkins, Alice (Lecturer, Department of English Literature, University of Glasgow)
This book is about the idea of space in the nineteenth century. It uses contemporary poetry, essays, and fiction as well as scientific papers, textbooks, and journalism to examine literature's relationship with science. In particular it brings the physical sciences more accessibly and fully into the arena of literary criticism than ever before.
268 pages, Illustrations
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | March 15, 2007 |
ISBN13 | 9780199209927 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 272 |
Dimensions | 159 × 238 × 20 mm · 489 g |