Thomas Hardy's novel universe : astronomy, cosmology, and gender in the post-Darwinian world / Pamela Gossin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gossin, Pamela.

Series:

Nineteenth century.

The nineteenth century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928--Knowledge and learning--Astronomy.

Hardy, Thomas.

Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928.

Astronomy.

Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928--Knowledge and learning--Cosmology.

Cosmology.

Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928--Criticism and interpretation.

Astronomy in literature.

Cosmology in literature.

Literature and science--History.

Literature and science.

History.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xvii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2007]

Contents:

"Convergence of the twain" : a personal perspective on the interdisciplinary study of literature and science

Literary history of astronomy and the origins of Hardy's literary cosmology

The other "terrible muse" : astronomy and cosmology from prehistory through the Victorian period

Hardy's personal construct cosmology : astronomy and literature converge

Celestial selection and the cosmic environment : A pair of blue eyes, Far from the madding crowd, and The return of the native

The stellar dynamics of star-crossed love in Two on a tower

Universal laws and cosmic forces : the tragic astronomical muse in The woodlanders, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, and Jude the obscure

Moral astrophysics : myth cosmos, and gender in nineteenth-century Britain and beyond.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-272) and index.

ISBN:

0754603369

9780754603368

OCLC:

70122414