The Routledge research companion to nineteenth-century British literature and science

Author(s)

• Holmes, John
• Ruston, Sharon

Bibliographic Information

The Routledge research companion to nineteenth-century British literature and science

edited by John Holmes and Sharon Ruston

Routledge, 2021

• : pbk

Note

"First published 2017 by Routledge"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Tracing the continuities and trends in the complex relationship between literature and science in the long nineteenth century, this companion provides scholars with a comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date foundation for research in this field. In intellectual, material and social terms, the transformation undergone by Western culture over the period was unprecedented. Many of these changes were grounded in the growth of science. Yet science was not a cultural monolith then any more than it is now, and its development was shaped by competing world views. To cover the full range of literary engagements with science in the nineteenth century, this companion consists of twenty-seven chapters by experts in the field, which explore crucial social and intellectual contexts for the interactions between literature and science, how science affected different genres of writing, and the importance of individual scientific disciplines and concepts within literary culture. Each chapter has its own extensive bibliography. The volume as a whole is rounded out with a synoptic introduction by the editors and an afterword by the eminent historian of nineteenth-century science Bernard Lightman.

Table of Contents

Contents Notes on contributors Acknowledgements Introduction: literature and science in the nineteenth century John Holmes and Sharon Ruston I Contexts 1) Science, empire and globalization in the nineteenth century Sadiah Qureshi 2) Scientific cultures and institutions Martin Willis 3) Science and religion Paul White 4) Women and science Michelle Boswell II Genres 5) The novel as observation and experiment Charlotte Sleigh 6) From Gothic to science fiction Adam Roberts 7) Poetry and science Gregory Tate 8) Scientific literary criticism Peter Garratt 9) Writing the scientist: biography and autobiography David Amigoni 10) Writing science: scientific prose Jonathan Smith 11) Science for the general reader Ralph O'Connor 12) Science in the periodical press Gowan Dawson 13) Science for children Debbie Bark 14) Staging science Iwan Morus III Mathematical and physical sciences 15) Mathematics Alice Jenkins 16) Astronomy Pamela Gossin 17) Geology Adelene Buckland 18) Chemistry Sharon Ruston 19) Thermodynamics Barri Gold 20) Electricity Stella Pratt-Smith 21) Technology Meegan Kennedy IV Biological and human sciences 22) Natural history, evolution and ecology: the biological sciences John Holmes 23) Archaeology and anthropology Julia Reid 24) Medical research Andrew Mangham 25) Sciences of the mind Suzy Anger 26) Sexology Anna Katharina Schaffner 27) Occult sciences Christine Ferguson Afterword Bernard Lightman Index

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Details

• NCID: BD00526589
• ISBN:
  • 9781032242217
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 465 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 820.93609034
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : English literature -- 19th century -- Themes, motives
  • LCSH : Science in literature -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Literature and science -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century