The Cambridge companion to literature and science / edited by Steven Meyer, Washington University in St Louis.

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Meyer, Steven

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Cambridge companions to literaturePublication details: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018Description: xxii, 324 pages ; 24 cmISBN:

9781107079724
9781107439030

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DDC classification:

809.9336 23 MEY

Contents:

Introduction Part I. Glimpses of present and future: literature and science studies Part II. Snapshots of the past: literature and science Part III. In theory: literary studies and science studies Part IV. In practice: literary studies and science

Summary: "In 1959, C. P. Snow lamented the presence of 'two cultures': the unbridgeable chasm of understanding, and knowledge between modern literature and modern science. Over the past twenty years, scholars in literature and science studies have worked diligently to interrogate relations between twentieth- and twenty-first-century literature and science as radically alienated from each other. The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Science offers a roadmap to developments which have contributed to the emergence of reciprocal connections between the two areas of study. Weaving together theory and empiricism, individual chapters explore major figures - Shakespeare, Bacon, Darwin, Henry James, William James, Einstein; major genres - fiction, science fiction, poetry, dramatic works, science studies; and major theories and movements - pragmatism, critical theory, cognitive science, ecocriticism, cultural studies, affect theory, digital humanities, and empiricism. This book will be a key resource for scholars, graduate students, and undergraduate students alike"--

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Literature	Non-fiction	809.9336 MEY (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		36757

Introduction
Part I. Glimpses of present and future: literature and science studies Part II. Snapshots of the past: literature and science Part III. In theory: literary studies and science studies Part IV. In practice: literary studies and science

"In 1959, C. P. Snow lamented the presence of 'two cultures': the unbridgeable chasm of understanding, and knowledge between modern literature and modern science. Over the past twenty years, scholars in literature and science studies have worked diligently to interrogate relations between twentieth- and twenty-first-century literature and science as radically alienated from each other. The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Science offers a roadmap to developments which have contributed to the emergence of reciprocal connections between the two areas of study. Weaving together theory and empiricism, individual chapters explore major figures - Shakespeare, Bacon, Darwin, Henry James, William James, Einstein; major genres - fiction, science fiction, poetry, dramatic works, science studies; and major theories and movements - pragmatism, critical theory, cognitive science, ecocriticism, cultural studies, affect theory, digital humanities, and empiricism. This book will be a key resource for scholars, graduate students, and undergraduate students alike"--

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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