Languages of nature
Subtitle: critical essays on science and literature
By: edited by L.J. Jordanova ; foreword by Raymond Williams.
Contributors: Jordanova, L. J.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
Subjects: English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism; Science in literature; Nature in literature; Literature and science; French literature -- History and criticism
Notes: Bibliography: p. [323]-343.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The eighteenth century: "Nature" as ethical norm in the Enlightenment / A.E. Pilkington. Naturalizing the family / L.J. Jordanova. Sensibility, sympathy, benevolence / James Rodgers. The scientific muse / Maureen McNeil; title: The nineteenth century: The face of nature / Gillian Beer. Fairy tale or science? / Sally Shuttleworth. Michelet and the uses of natural reference / Roger Huss.