Science & Technology in Literature, Literary Criticism - General & Miscellaneous, Social Philosophy
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Overview
When literary theory applies its methods of analysis to science, it reveals that such scientific concepts as universality, validity, rationality, & truth are rarely the absolutes they seem to be. This volume considers specific issues in literary-scientific relations, addressing each issue by proposing a methodology suitable for the specific problems raised. Chapters: the devils of positivism; literature & medicine: why should the physician read . . . or write?; science, discourse, & literature: the role/rule of metaphor in science; contemporary cosmology & narrative theory; & Blake, Priestley, & the Gnostic Moment.Book Details
Published
February 28, 1990
Publisher
Northeastern University Press
Pages
248
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781555530587