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Chaos and cosmos : literary roots of modern ecology in the British nineteenth century

Title
  1. Chaos and cosmos : literary roots of modern ecology in the British nineteenth century / Heidi C. M. Scott.
Published by
  1. University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2014]
Author
  1. Scott, Heidi C. M. (Heidi Cathryn Molly), 1978-

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Description
  1. 210 pages; 24 cm
Summary
  1. "Traces an epistemological legacy from Romantic and Victorian ecological literature to modern scientific ecology. Investigates two essential and contrasting paradigms of nature that continue to be debated today"--Provided by publisher.
Subject
  1. English literature
  2. Microcosm and macrocosm in literature
  3. Nature in literature
  4. Chaotic behavior in systems in literature
  5. Umwelt
  6. Great Britain
  7. Ecology in literature
  8. Chaos
  9. 1800 - 1899
  10. English literature > 19th century > History and criticism
  11. Criticism, interpretation, etc
  12. Romanticism > Great Britain
  13. Englisch
  14. Ordnung
  15. Literatur
  16. Natur
  17. Ecocriticism
Genre/Form
  1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Contents
  1. Chaos -- Romantic chaos : natural patterns disturbed -- Victorian chaos : industrial disruptions -- Today's science nonfiction -- Microcosm -- Romantic microcosms : brain worlds -- Victorian microcosms : domestic systems -- Today's scientific modeling -- Keats and ecology : a case study -- The literary empiricist -- Hyperion : the chaos of Tartarus -- Microcosmic odes.
Call number
  1. JFE 14-7318
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-202) and index.
Language (note)
  1. Text in English.
Author
  1. Scott, Heidi C. M. (Heidi Cathryn Molly), 1978- author.
Title
  1. Chaos and cosmos : literary roots of modern ecology in the British nineteenth century / Heidi C. M. Scott.
Publisher
  1. University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2014]
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-202) and index.
Language
  1. Text in English.
Chronological term
  1. 1800 - 1899
LCCN
  1. 2014004459
ISBN
  1. 9780271063836 (cloth : alk. paper)
  2. 0271063831 (cloth : alk. paper)
Research call number
  1. JFE 14-7318
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