The Cambridge companion to literature and science /
In 1959, C.P. Snow lamented the presence of 'two cultures,' the unbridgeable chasm of understanding and knowledge between modern literature and modern science. Over the past twenty years, scholars in literature and science studies have worked diligently to interrogate relations between twe...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
[2018]
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| Series: | Cambridge companions to literature.
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| Summary: | In 1959, C.P. Snow lamented the presence of 'two cultures,' the unbridgeable chasm of understanding and knowledge between modern literature and modern science. Over the past twenty years, scholars in literature and science studies have worked diligently to interrogate relations between twentieth- and twenty-first-century literature and science as radically alienated from each other. The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Science offers a roadmap to developments which have contributed to the emergence of reciprocal connections between the two areas of study. Weaving together theory and empiricism, individual chapters explore major figures, including Shakespeare, Bacon, Darwin, Henry James, William James and Einstein, major genres, including fiction, science fiction, poetry, dramatic works and science studies and major theories and movements, including pragmatism, critical theory, cognitive science, ecocriticism, cultural studies, affect theory, digital humanities and empiricism. This book will be a key resource for scholars, graduate students, and undergraduate students alike. |
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| Physical Description: | xxii, 324 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-286) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781107079724 1107079721 9781107439030 1107439035 |