Title: Virginia Woolf and the study of nature
Description: "Reflecting the modernist fascination with science, Virginia Woolf's representations of nature are informed by a wide-ranging interest in contemporary developments in the life sciences. Christina Alt analyses Woolf's responses to disciplines ranging from taxonomy and the new biology of the laboratory to ethology and ecology and illustrates how Woolf drew on the methods and objectives of the contemporary life sciences to describe her own literary experiments. Through the examination of Woolf's engagement with shifting approaches to the study of nature, this work covers new ground in Woolf studies and makes an important contribution to the understanding of modernist exchanges between literature and science"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Life sciences, Knowledge, Criticism and interpretation, Life sciences in literature, Nature in literature, Natural history, Literature and science, History, Woolf, virginia, 1882-1941, English drama, history and criticism, 19th century, English literature, history and criticism, 20th century, Knowledge and learning
Places: Great Britain
People: Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)
Time periods: 20th century, 19th century