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Routledge
Language
English
Pages
171

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Subjects
English literature, History and criticism, Hermetism in literature, Science, Philosophy, Science and magic, Imperialism in literature, Literature and science, Postcolonialism in literature, Science in literature, History, English literature, history and criticism, 20th century, Science, philosophy, Science, great britain, Littérature anglaise, Histoire et critique, Littérature et sciences, Histoire, Sciences dans la littérature, Hermétisme dans la littérature, Sciences et magie, Impérialisme dans la littérature, Postcolonialisme dans la littérature, Sciences, LITERARY CRITICISM, European, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
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Great Britain
Times
20th century, 19th century

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Table of Contents

Introduction
The alchemical imagination
Victorian science : debating Darwin and natural history
Hermeticism "gone underground" : Victorian science and pseudoscience in the age of empire
Superseding Newtonian determinism : chaos, quantum heresies, and hyperspace in post-imperial literature
Paradise as chaos : the deconstruction of determinism
Conclusion.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-164) and index.

Series
Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature -- 4

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Dewey Decimal Class
820.9/36
Library of Congress
PR478.S26 R46 2012, PR478.S26R46 2011, PR478.S26R46 2012, PR478.S26 R46 2012eb

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Pagination
xii, 171 p. :
Number of pages
171

ID Numbers

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OL25138640M
ISBN 13
9780415899062, 9780203156117
LCCN
2011021734
OCLC/WorldCat
724641014, 794489492

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