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. To cover the full range of literary engagements with science in the long nineteenth century, the co
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. To cover the full range of literary engagements with science in the long nineteenth century, the co
John Holmes is Professor of Victorian Literature and Culture at the University of Birmingham, UK. Sharon Ruston is Professor of Romanticism at Lancaster University, UK.
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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
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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