Science and omniscience in nineteenth-century literature

Publication Data

• Title Science and omniscience in nineteenth-century literature
• Author Jonathan Taylor
• Publisher Sussex Academic
• Publication date 2007
• Publication location Brighton
• Language English

Contents

On history, chaos, and Carlyle
On cosmology, heresy, Abbott, and Poe
On microcosms, macrocosms, and the music of the spheres
Afterword : a note on omniscient narrators.

Topics

• Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881 :: Criticism and interpretation
• Abbott, Edwin Abbott, 1838-1926 :: Criticism and interpretation
• Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 :: Criticism and interpretation
• English literature :: 19th century :: History and criticism
• Literature and science :: History :: 19th century
• Omniscience (Theory of knowledge) in literature
• Determinism (Philosophy) :: History
• 013773226

Science and omniscience in nineteenth-century literature by Jonathan Taylor. ISBN 9781845191252. Published by Sussex Academic in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.