Deep Time: A Literary History

by Noah Heringman

How the concept of "deep time" began as a metaphor used by philosophers, poets, and naturalists in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries In this interdisciplinary book, Noah Heringman argues that the concept of "deep time"--most often associated with geological epochs--began as a metaphorical language used by philosophers, poets, and naturalists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to explore the origins of life beyond the written record...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691236771
• ISBN13: 9780691236773
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"