Space and the "march of mind"
Subtitle: literature and the physical sciences in Britain, 1815-1850
By: Alice Jenkins.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9780199209927
Subjects: English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; Literature and science -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Space in literature.
Description: "Space and the 'March of Mind' reads poetry, essays, and fiction as well as scientific papers, textbooks, and journalism to give a new account of early nineteenth-century literature's relationship with the physical sciences."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-250) and index.