Literature and Science in the Nineteenth Century

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Literature and Science in the Nineteenth Century
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
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ISBN-10 : 9780199554652
ISBN-13 : 019955465X
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Book Synopsis Literature and Science in the Nineteenth Century by : Laura Otis

Book excerpt: This anthology brings together a generous selection of scientific and literary material to explore the exchanges and interactions between them. It shows how scientists and creative writers alike fed from a common imagination in their language, style, metaphors and imagery. It includes writing by Michael Faraday, Thomas Carlyle, Thomas Hardy, Charles Babbage, Charles Darwin, Louis Pasteur, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain and many others.


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