On wonder : literature and science in the long eighteenth century / Tita Chico.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chico, Tita, 1970- author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in eighteenth-century connections, 2632-5578.

Cambridge elements. Elements in eighteenth-century connections, 2632-5578

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--18th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

Wonders in literature.

Literature and science--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Literature and science.

Science in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (70 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

This is an Element about wonder − as an object, as a feeling, as an invitation to study, and as a way of thinking in both literary and scientific texts of the long eighteenth century. Wonder is at the heart of natural philosophical inquiry in the long eighteenth century, its inaugural provocation, its long-standing problematic. Yet wonder requires observation and imagination, operating together, if uneasily, to give shape to forms of scientific, literary, and social knowledge, shaping how thinking works − and who can do it. Studying wonder in the long eighteenth century helps us to understand our current disciplinary configurations, and also how wonder itself embodies the potential for a more capacious critical practice. Studying wonder as an epistemology, praxis, and thematic in the long eighteenth century also carries the promise of invigorating and reimagining our own critical, creative endeavors.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Jan 2025).

ISBN:

9781108890601

1108890601

9781108892247

1108892248

9781108874618

1108874614

OCLC:

1484882070