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Science and omniscience in nineteenth-century literature /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Taylor, Jonathan, 1973-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Brighton [England] ; Portland, Or. : Sussex Academic Press, 2007.
Subjects:
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Literature and science > History > 19th century.
Omniscience (Theory of knowledge) in literature.
Determinism (Philosophy) > History.
Laplace, Pierre Simon, > marquis de, > 1749-1827. > Essai philosophique sur les probabilités.
Carlyle, Thomas, > 1795-1881 > Criticism and interpretation.
Abbott, Edwin Abbott, > 1838-1926 > Criticism and interpretation.
Poe, Edgar Allan, > 1809-1849 > Criticism and interpretation.
Music and science > History > 19th century.
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870. > Old curiosity shop.
Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of 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.