Thomas Hardy's Novel Universe
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Thomas Hardy's Novel Universe
Astronomy, Cosmology, and Gender in the Post-Darwinian World
Gossin, Pamela
Taylor & Francis Ltd
09/2007
318
Dura
Inglês
9780754603368
15 a 20 dias
589
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Contents: Prefaces. Part I Critical Methodology, Literary and Historical Background: Introduction: 'convergence of the twain': a personal perspective on the interdisciplinary study of literature and science; Literary history of astronomy and the origins of Hardy's literary cosmology; The other 'terrible muse': astronomy and cosmology from prehistory through the Victorian period. Part II Reading Hardy's Novel Universe: Hardy's personal construct cosmology: astronomy and literature converge; Celestial selection and the cosmic environment: A Pair of Blue Eyes, Far From the Madding Crowd, and The Return of the Native; The stellar dynamics of star-crossed love in Two on a Tower; Universal laws and cosmic forces: the tragic astronomical muse in The Woodlanders, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, and Jude the Obscure; Conclusion: moral astrophysics: myth, cosmos and gender in 19th-century Britain and beyond. Bibliography; Index.
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Young Man;Thomas Hardy;nebular;Double Stars;hypothesis;Nebular Hypothesis;double;Astronomical Concepts;stars;Hardy's Narrative;mad;Madding Crowd;crowd;Deep Space;literary;University Of Wisconsin;notebooks;Literary Notebooks;return;Tess Cosslett;native;Personal Construct;Oklahoma Libraries;Island Universes;Stellar Parallax;Sun Shine;Variable Stars;Main Characters;Lunar Eclipse;Cosmic Voyage;Popular Astronomy;Albert Van Helden;Cosmological Narratives;Jacob Korg;Contemporary Astronomy
Contents: Prefaces. Part I Critical Methodology, Literary and Historical Background: Introduction: 'convergence of the twain': a personal perspective on the interdisciplinary study of literature and science; Literary history of astronomy and the origins of Hardy's literary cosmology; The other 'terrible muse': astronomy and cosmology from prehistory through the Victorian period. Part II Reading Hardy's Novel Universe: Hardy's personal construct cosmology: astronomy and literature converge; Celestial selection and the cosmic environment: A Pair of Blue Eyes, Far From the Madding Crowd, and The Return of the Native; The stellar dynamics of star-crossed love in Two on a Tower; Universal laws and cosmic forces: the tragic astronomical muse in The Woodlanders, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, and Jude the Obscure; Conclusion: moral astrophysics: myth, cosmos and gender in 19th-century Britain and beyond. Bibliography; Index.
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Young Man;Thomas Hardy;nebular;Double Stars;hypothesis;Nebular Hypothesis;double;Astronomical Concepts;stars;Hardy's Narrative;mad;Madding Crowd;crowd;Deep Space;literary;University Of Wisconsin;notebooks;Literary Notebooks;return;Tess Cosslett;native;Personal Construct;Oklahoma Libraries;Island Universes;Stellar Parallax;Sun Shine;Variable Stars;Main Characters;Lunar Eclipse;Cosmic Voyage;Popular Astronomy;Albert Van Helden;Cosmological Narratives;Jacob Korg;Contemporary Astronomy
