Science and omniscience in nineteenth century literature
By: Jonathan Taylor.
Publisher: Sussex Academic Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Brighton; Portland
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781845191252
Subjects: Laplace, Pierre Simon, -- marquis de, -- 1749-1827; Carlyle, Thomas, -- 1795-1881 -- Criticism and interpretation; Abbott, Edwin Abbott, -- 1838-1926 -- Criticism and interpretation; Poe, Edgar Allan, -- 1809-1849 -- Criticism and interpretation; Dickens, Charles, -- 1812-1870; English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Literature and science -- History -- 19th century; Omniscience (Theory of knowledge) in literature; Determinism (Philosophy) -- History; Music and science -- History -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: On history, chaos, and Carlyle; title: On cosmology, heresy, Abbott, and Poe; title: On microcosms, macrocosms, and the music of the spheres; title: Afterword : a note on omniscient narrators.