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Science and omniscience in nineteenth-century literature

Title
Science and omniscience in nineteenth-century literature / Jonathan Taylor.
Author
Taylor, Jonathan, 1973-
Publication
Brighton [England] ; Portland, Or. : Sussex Academic Press, 2007.

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vi, 202 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Laplace, Pierre Simon, marquis de, 1749-1827
  • Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Abbott, Edwin Abbott, 1838-1926 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
  • English literature > 19th century > History and criticism
  • Literature and science > History > 19th century
  • Omniscience (Theory of knowledge) in literature
  • Determinism (Philosophy) > History
  • Music and science > History > 19th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-197) and index.
Contents
On history, chaos and Carlyle -- On cosmology, heresy, Abbott and Poe -- On microcosms, macrocosms, and the music of the spheres -- Afterword : on demonic omniscience and Dickens.
Call Number
JFE 07-6709
ISBN
  • 9781845191252 (acid-free paper)
  • 1845191250 (acid-free paper)
LCCN
2007004315
OCLC
84837833
Author
Taylor, Jonathan, 1973-
Title
Science and omniscience in nineteenth-century literature / Jonathan Taylor.
Imprint
Brighton [England] ; Portland, Or. : Sussex Academic Press, 2007.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-197) and index.
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JFE 07-6709
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