Scientific Thought in Poetry / / Ralph B. Crum.
Considers in chronological order poetry concerned with science to examine a steady progression in scientific thought in poetry from pre-Newtonian science, to Darwin, and Goethe.
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub) |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1931] ©1931 |
| Year of Publication: | 1931 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Columbia University Studies in English and Comparative Literature
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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| Other title: | Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- CHAPTER I. SCIENCE AND POETRY -- CHAPTER II. PRE-NEWTONIAN SCIENCE IN POETRY LUCRETIUS -- CHAPTER III. POETRY AND THE NEW SCIENCE -- CHAPTER IV. POETRY SOLEMNLY SURVEYS THE NEWTONIAN WORLD MACHINE -- CHAPTER V. POETRY ADVANCES A STEP TOWARDS THE CONCEPTION OF THE WORLD MACHINE: VOLTAIRE AND ANDRÉ CHÉNIER -- CHAPTER VI. POETRY SMILES AT A GROWING WORLD ERASMUS DARWIN -- CHAPTER VII. POETRY CHAMPIONS EVOLUTION GOETHE -- CHAPTER VIII. NATURE RED IN TOOTH AND CLAW TENNYSON'S PROBLEM -- CHAPTER IX. THE POET'S DILEMMA-REASON OR MYSTICISM -- CHAPTER X. IN CONCLUSION: JOHN DAVIDSON -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
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| Summary: | Considers in chronological order poetry concerned with science to examine a steady progression in scientific thought in poetry from pre-Newtonian science, to Darwin, and Goethe. |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9780231890250 9783110442489 |
| DOI: | 10.7312/crum92746 |
| Access: | restricted access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Ralph B. Crum. |