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Science and American literature in the 20th and 21st centuries : from Henry Adams to John Adams / editors, Claire Maniez, Ronan Ludot-Vlasak and Frederic Dumas.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature and science--United States--History--20th century.
- Literature and science.
- Literature and science--United States--History--21st century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (213 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Since its origin, American literature has always had an uneasy relationship with science: born at a time when science was becoming a profession, it repeatedly referred to it, implicitly or explicitly, in order to assert its difference or, on the contrary, to gain a certain form of legitimacy. The purpose of this book is to show how scientific discourse informs literary writing, and to consider the relationship the two types of discourse have maintained: mutual metaphorization, questioning or ...
- Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; PART II; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; PART III; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; PART IV; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CONTRIBUTORS
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-43654-X
- 1-4438-3546-3
- 9786613436542
- OCLC:
- 827209533
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