Languages of nature
Subtitle: critical essays on science and literature
By: edited by L.J. Jordanova ; foreword by Raymond Williams.
Contributors: Jordanova, L. J.
Publisher: Free Association Books
Published: 1986
Place of publication: London
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.