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1 online resource (213 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; PART II; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; PART III; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; PART IV; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CONTRIBUTORS. |
| Summary |
Since its origin, American literature has always had an uneasy relationship with science: born at a time when science was becoming a profession, it repeatedly referred to it, implicitly or explicitly, in order to assert its difference or, on the contrary, to gain a certain form of legitimacy. The purpose of this book is to show how scientific discourse informs literary writing, and to consider the relationship the two types of discourse have maintained: mutual metaphorization, questioning or ... |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Literature and science -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Literature and science. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Literature and science -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
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| Chronological Term |
21st century |
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1900-2099 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Ludot-Vlasak, Ronan.
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Dumas, Frédéric.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Maniez, Claire. Science and American Literature in the 20th and 21st Centuries : From Henry Adams to John Adams. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ©2012 9781443835190 |
| ISBN |
9781443835466 (electronic book) |
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1443835463 (electronic book) |
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128343654X |
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9781283436540 |
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9781443835190 (hardback) |
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1443835196 (hardback) |
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