1 option
Languages of nature : critical essays on science and literature / edited by L.J. Jordanova ; foreword by Raymond Williams.
Van Pelt Library PR468.S34 L35 1986
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- English literature--18th century--History and criticism.
- Science in literature.
- Nature in literature.
- Literature and science.
- French literature--History and criticism.
- French literature.
- Physical Description:
- 351 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 1986.
- Contents:
- The eighteenth century: "Nature" as ethical norm in the Enlightenment / A.E. Pilkington. Naturalizing the family / L.J. Jordanova. Sensibility, sympathy, benevolence / James Rodgers. The scientific muse / Maureen McNeil
- The nineteenth century: The face of nature / Gillian Beer. Fairy tale or science? / Sally Shuttleworth. Michelet and the uses of natural reference / Roger Huss.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages [323]-343.
- ISBN:
- 0813511941 :
- OCLC:
- 13580720
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.