Wordsworth and the Geologists |
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| Author:
| Wyatt, John |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Romanticism Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-47259-3 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 1995 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $120.00 |
Book Description:
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Examination of the links between literary history and science provides valuable new insights for scholars across a range of disciplines. John Wyatt explores the unexpectedly close relationship between William Wordsworth and a group of scientists in the formative years of the new science of geology. Wyatt's study of this personal and intellectual friendship challenges the simplistic opposition between Romantic-literary and scientific-materialist cultures, and shows how discourses were...
More DescriptionExamination of the links between literary history and science provides valuable new insights for scholars across a range of disciplines. John Wyatt explores the unexpectedly close relationship between William Wordsworth and a group of scientists in the formative years of the new science of geology. Wyatt's study of this personal and intellectual friendship challenges the simplistic opposition between Romantic-literary and scientific-materialist cultures, and shows how discourses were affected by the network of influences between poetry and geology.