Science and omniscience in nineteenth-century literature
- Title
- Science and omniscience in nineteenth-century literature / Jonathan Taylor.
- Published by
- Brighton [England] ; Portland, Or. : Sussex Academic Press, 2007.
- Author
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Details
- Description
- vi, 202 p.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Laplace, Pierre Simon, marquis de, 1749-1827
- Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881 > Criticism and interpretation
- Abbott, Edwin Abbott, 1838-1926 > Criticism and interpretation
- Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 > Criticism and interpretation
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
- English literature > 19th century > History and criticism
- Literature and science > History > 19th century
- Omniscience (Theory of knowledge) in literature
- Determinism (Philosophy) > History
- Music and science > History > 19th century
- Contents
- On history, chaos and Carlyle -- On cosmology, heresy, Abbott and Poe -- On microcosms, macrocosms, and the music of the spheres -- Afterword : on demonic omniscience and Dickens.
- Call number
- JFE 07-6709
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-197) and index.
- Author
- Taylor, Jonathan, 1973-
- Title
- Science and omniscience in nineteenth-century literature / Jonathan Taylor.
- Imprint
- Brighton [England] ; Portland, Or. : Sussex Academic Press, 2007.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-197) and index.
- Connect to:
- LCCN
- 2007004315
- ISBN
- 9781845191252 (acid-free paper)
- 1845191250 (acid-free paper)
- Research call number
- JFE 07-6709