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The starry sky within : astronomy and the reach of the mind in Victorian literature / Anna Henchman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Henchman, Anna.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Astronomy--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Astronomy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (313 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'The Starry Sky Within' is an innovative study of previously unexplored connections between 19th-century astronomy and British literature. Astronomers in the 19th-century revealed a staggeringly mobile world extending far beyond the scope of human vision and Anna Henchman examines how this discovery inspired the novelists of the day.
- Contents:
- part one. Observers in motion
- part two. Astronomy and the multiplot novel.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-879759-1
- 0-19-151057-2
- OCLC:
- 874161097
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