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Chaos and cosmos : literary roots of modern ecology in the British nineteenth century /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Scott, Heidi C. M. (Heidi Cathryn Molly), 1978- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2014]
Subjects:	English literature > 19th century > History and criticism. Nature in literature. Ecology in literature. Chaotic behavior in systems in literature. Microcosm and macrocosm in literature. Romanticism > Great Britain.

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