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Fictional matter : empiricism, corpuscles, and the novel
- Title
- Fictional matter : empiricism, corpuscles, and the novel / Helen Thompson.
- Author
- Thompson, Helen, 1967-
- Publication
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2017]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 17-2010 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 359 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Literature and science
- Chemistry
- Science
- English fiction
- Chemistry in literature
- English fiction > 18th century > History and criticism
- Literature and science > England > History > 18th century
- Chemistry > England > History > 18th century
- Science > England > History > 18th century
- Empiricism in literature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- History
- 1700-1799
- England
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Boyle's doctrine of qualities -- John Locke and matter's power -- Morbific matter and character's form -- Race and the corpuscle -- Quality's qualities: fielding alchemical imaginary -- Fixing sex: Richardson's Clarissa -- Denominating oxygen.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-2010
- ISBN
- 9780812248722
- 0812248724
- LCCN
- 2016047733
- OCLC
- 945950078
- Author
- Thompson, Helen, 1967- author.
- Title
- Fictional matter : empiricism, corpuscles, and the novel / Helen Thompson.
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2017]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1700-1799
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-2010