Uncommon Contexts: Encounters Between Science and Literature, 1800-1914

Britain in the long nineteenth century developed an increasing interest in science of all kinds. Whilst poets and novelists took inspiration from technical and scientific innovations, those directly engaged in these new disciplines relied on literary techniques to communicate their discoveries to a wider audience. The essays in this collection uncover this symbiotic relationship between literature and science, at the same time bridging the disciplinary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822966417
• ISBN13: 9780822966418
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"