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Turner, Martha A.

 
9780521443395: Mechanism and the Novel: Science in the Narrative Process
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ISBN 10 : 0521443393 ISBN 13 : 9780521443395
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1993

Synopsis

An important 1993 study of the relationship between British fiction and the tradition of mechanistic science.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Martha Turner's 1993 book examines the relationship between British fiction and the tradition of mechanistic science derived from Isaac Newton, and provides a bridge between the mechanical philosophy of the eighteenth century and present-day habits of thought. Tracing the evolution of the concept of mechanism among science writers and novelists of the past 200 years, it shows how the pre-mechanistic world of Pride and Prejudice and the relatively unproblematic empiricism of The Bride of Lammermoor were succeeded by the quandaries of Bleak House, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, and The Egoist, and how alternatives to the mechanistic tradition were worked out in The Secret Agent and Women in Love. Analysis of Doris Lessing's Canopus in Argos: Archives identifies features of the tradition which still survive.

Revue de presse

"Turner's book is enjoyable to read, and offers many useful, thought-provoking readings of texts..." Victorian Studies

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
1993
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521443393
ISBN 13 
9780521443395
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
212
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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