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Chaos and cosmos : literary roots of modern ecology in the British nineteenth century / Heidi C. M. Scott.
De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scott, Heidi C. M. (Heidi Cathryn Molly), 1978- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Nature in literature.
- Ecology in literature.
- Chaotic behavior in systems in literature.
- Microcosm and macrocosm in literature.
- Romanticism--Great Britain.
- Romanticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Traces an epistemological legacy from Romantic and Victorian ecological literature to modern scientific ecology. Investigates two essential and contrasting paradigms of nature that continue to be debated today"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Chaos
- Romantic chaos : natural patterns disturbed
- Victorian chaos : industrial disruptions
- Today's science nonfiction
- Microcosm
- Romantic microcosms : brain worlds
- Victorian microcosms : domestic systems
- Today's scientific modeling
- Keats and ecology : a case study
- The literary empiricist
- Hyperion : the chaos of Tartarus
- Microcosmic odes.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-202) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780271064291
- 0271064293
- OCLC:
- 890674607
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