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Chaos and cosmos : literary roots of modern ecology in the British nineteenth century
- Title
- Chaos and cosmos : literary roots of modern ecology in the British nineteenth century / Heidi C. M. Scott.
- Author
- Scott, Heidi C. M. (Heidi Cathryn Molly), 1978-
- Publication
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2014]
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Details
- Description
- 210 pages; 24 cm
- 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.
- Subjects
- English literature
- Microcosm and macrocosm in literature
- Nature in literature
- Chaotic behavior in systems in literature
- Umwelt
- Great Britain
- Ecology in literature
- Chaos
- 1800 - 1899
- English literature > 19th century > History and criticism
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Romanticism > Great Britain
- Englisch
- Ordnung
- Literatur
- Natur
- Ecocriticism
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-202) and index.
- Language (note)
- Text in English.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-7318
- ISBN
- 9780271063836 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0271063831 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2014004459
- OCLC
- 870896707
- Author
- Scott, Heidi C. M. (Heidi Cathryn Molly), 1978- author.
- Title
- Chaos and cosmos : literary roots of modern ecology in the British nineteenth century / Heidi C. M. Scott.
- Publisher
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2014]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-202) and index.
- Language
- Text in English.
- Chronological Term
- 1800 - 1899
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-7318