The Enlightenment and Scottish literature
By: John MacQueen.
Publisher: Scottish Academic Press
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
Subjects: Scottish literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism; Historical fiction, Scottish -- History and criticism; Enlightenment; Scotland -- Intellectual life -- 18th century; Scotland -- In literature
Description: Can science measure the age of the universe? Can telescopes view the birth of the cosmos and bring man face to face with its creation? Or are these feats and prospects so many fashionable exaggerations or thinly veiled expressions of uneasiness? Where does science end, where does philosophy begin, and where does theology take over in a responsible discourse about the creation of the universe? Such are the main questions for which an answer is offered in this book.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Progress and poetry; title: v. 2. The rise of the historical novel.