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The Romantic imagination and astronomy : on all sides infinity, Dometa Wiegand Brothers, Assistant Professor, Iowa State University, USA

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"The Romantic Imagination and Astronomy is the first book to reconstruct the history of the science of astronomy and its importance to the Romantic imagination in exploration and colonization by imperial England. It examines how the science of astronomy in exploration and discovery, from Edmund Halley and William Herschel to Captain Cook, changed the world by tying the 'pure' science of astronomy to the practical, commercial, and martial aims of navigation for the maritime nation of England. It demonstrates that the same 'pure' science of astronomy also fueled the Romantic poetic imagination, influencing the evolution of form and content of poetry -- from formation of the greater Romantic lyric of Barbauld and Coleridge, to the fantastic narratives of Keats and Shelley"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
x, 203 pages
Contents
  • 1.The First International Event and the First 'New' Planet: Expanding the Globe and Confronting Infinity
  • 2.Barbauld: 'Embryo Systems and Unkindled Suns'
  • 3.Coleridge: Herschel, and Cosmogonical Time
  • 4.John Herschel and Mary Somerville: Astronomical Legacy and the Proprietary British Scientist
  • 5.Astronomy and Empire: The Pathos of Demystification in Lamia and The Witch of Atlas
  • 6.Rossetti: Reconciliation and Recursivity
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9781137474339
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The Romantic imagination and astronomy : on all sides infinity
Title
The Romantic imagination and astronomy
Title remainder
on all sides infinity
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Dometa Wiegand Brothers, Assistant Professor, Iowa State University, USA
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Language
eng
Summary
"The Romantic Imagination and Astronomy is the first book to reconstruct the history of the science of astronomy and its importance to the Romantic imagination in exploration and colonization by imperial England. It examines how the science of astronomy in exploration and discovery, from Edmund Halley and William Herschel to Captain Cook, changed the world by tying the 'pure' science of astronomy to the practical, commercial, and martial aims of navigation for the maritime nation of England. It demonstrates that the same 'pure' science of astronomy also fueled the Romantic poetic imagination, influencing the evolution of form and content of poetry -- from formation of the greater Romantic lyric of Barbauld and Coleridge, to the fantastic narratives of Keats and Shelley"--
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Wiegand Brothers, Dometa
Dewey number
821/.709145
Index
index present
LC call number
PR590
LC item number
.W37 2015
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Series statement
Palgrave studies in the Enlightenment, romanticism and cultures of print
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  • English poetry
  • Literature and science
  • Astronomy in literature
  • Romanticism
  • Poetics
  • LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
  • LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry
  • SCIENCE / Astronomy
  • Astronomy in literature
  • English poetry
  • Literature and science
  • Poetics
  • Romanticism
  • Great Britain
  • Astronomie
  • Englisch
  • Lyrik
  • Romantik
  • Großbritannien
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The Romantic imagination and astronomy : on all sides infinity, Dometa Wiegand Brothers, Assistant Professor, Iowa State University, USA
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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rdacarrier.
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text
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rdacontent.
Contents
1.The First International Event and the First 'New' Planet: Expanding the Globe and Confronting Infinity -- 2.Barbauld: 'Embryo Systems and Unkindled Suns' -- 3.Coleridge: Herschel, and Cosmogonical Time -- 4.John Herschel and Mary Somerville: Astronomical Legacy and the Proprietary British Scientist -- 5.Astronomy and Empire: The Pathos of Demystification in Lamia and The Witch of Atlas -- 6.Rossetti: Reconciliation and Recursivity
Control code
897785054
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
x, 203 pages
Isbn
9781137474339
Lccn
2015001202
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)897785054
Label
The Romantic imagination and astronomy : on all sides infinity, Dometa Wiegand Brothers, Assistant Professor, Iowa State University, USA
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Contents
1.The First International Event and the First 'New' Planet: Expanding the Globe and Confronting Infinity -- 2.Barbauld: 'Embryo Systems and Unkindled Suns' -- 3.Coleridge: Herschel, and Cosmogonical Time -- 4.John Herschel and Mary Somerville: Astronomical Legacy and the Proprietary British Scientist -- 5.Astronomy and Empire: The Pathos of Demystification in Lamia and The Witch of Atlas -- 6.Rossetti: Reconciliation and Recursivity
Control code
897785054
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
x, 203 pages
Isbn
9781137474339
Lccn
2015001202
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)897785054

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