| Description |
xi, 176 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Essays and studies 2008 ; v. 61 |
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Essays and studies (London, England : 1950) ; v. 61
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| Contents |
From popular science to contemplation: the clouds of The cloud of unknowing / Gillian Rudd -- 'Dreams and plain dotage': the value of The birth of mankind (1540-1654) / 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 possibilitieses in the 'fourth dimension' / Katy Price -- Le Fanu's 'Carmilla', Ireland, and diseased vision / Martin Willis -- Evolution, literary history and science fiction / Brain Baker -- 'The luxury of storytelling': science, literature and cultural contest in Ian Mc Ewan's narrative practice / David Amigoni |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
English literature -- History and criticism.
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Literature and science -- History.
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Science in literature.
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| Author |
Ruston, Sharon.
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English Association.
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| LC no. |
2008426615 |
| ISBN |
9781843841784 (cased) |
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1843841789 (cased) |
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