Alexander von Humboldt : perceiving the world / edited by Beate I. Allert, Christopher R. Clason, Niall A. Peach, and Ricardo Quintana-Vallejo

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Allert, Beate, 1954- editor.

Clason, Christopher R., editor.

Peach, Niall A., editor.

Quintana Vallejo, Ricardo, editor.

Project Muse

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859.

Humboldt, Alexander von.

Science--History--18th century.

Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 272 pages.)

Place of Publication:

West Lafayette, IN : Purdue University Press, [2023]

Contents:

Cover

ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT

Title

Copyright

DEDICATION

CONTENTS

Preface

Introduction

PART I: CULTURAL IMPACT

1 Indiana Reads Alexander von Humboldt

2 Alexander von Humboldt: Between Enlightenment Vitalism and Romantic Naturphilosophie

3 Alexander von Humboldt and Peter Schlemihl: The Image of the Scientific Explorer in Early Nineteenth-Century German Literature

4 The Meeting of Two Alexanders: Causes and Consequences of Humboldt's and Pushkin's Mutual Admiration

PART II: ON NATURE AND ENVIRONMENT

5 Alexander von Humboldt's Environmental Holism

6 Alexander von Humboldt's Lonely Parrot in Views of Nature

7 Re-Rivering New Spain: Transatlantic Politics of Knowledge and Water in Alexander von Humboldt

PART III: HUMBOLDT FROM ART TO SCIENCE AND SCIENCE AS ART

8 Beseelte Natur: Alexander von Humboldt and Data-Driven Paradigm Segues

9 Alexander von Humboldt beyond Planet Earth: Exploring the Infinite and Unreachable in Kosmos

10 Art and Aesthetics in Alexander von Humboldt: The Subterranean Tree and Other Images

Biographies of Contributors

Index

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781612498317 (electronic bk.)

1612498310 (electronic bk.)

Publisher Number:

40031810119

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.