The Resource ThermoPoetics : energy in Victorian literature and science, Barri J. Gold
ThermoPoetics : energy in Victorian literature and science, Barri J. Gold
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- Summary
- "In ThermoPoetics, Barri Gold sets out to show us how analogous, intertwined, and mutually productive poetry and physics may be. Charting the simultaneous emergence of the Jaws of thermodynamics in literature and in physics that began in the 1830s, Gold finds that not only can science influence literature, but literature can influence science, especially in the early stages of intellectual development. Nineteenth-century physics was often conducted in words. And, Gold claims, a poet could be a genius in thermodynamics and a novelist could be a damn good engineer." "Gold's lively readings of works by Alfred Tennyson, Charles Dickens, Herbert Spencer, Bram Stoker, Oscar Wilde, and others offer a decidedly literary introduction to such elements of thermodynamic thought as conservation and dissipation, the linguistic tension between force and energy, the quest for a grand unified theory, strategies for coping within an inexorably entropic universe, and the demonic potential of the thermodynamically savvy individual. Victorian literature embraced the language and ideas of energy physics to address the era's concerns about religion, evolution, race, class, empire, gender, and sexuality. Gold argues that these concerns, in turn, shaped the hopes and fears expressed about the new physics. With ThermoPoetics Gold not only offers us a new lens through which to view Victorian literature but also provides in-depth examples of the practical applications of such a lens. Thus Gold shows us that in In Memoriam, Tennyson expresses thermodynamic optimism with a vision of transformation after loss; in A Tale of Two Cities, Dickens produces order in spite of the universal drive to entropy. and in Bleak House he treats the novel itself as series of engines; and Wilde's Dorian Gray and Stoker's Dracula reveal the creative potential of chaos."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 343 pages
- Contents
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- The consolation of physics : discovery
- Introduction: That thing we do
- Tennyson's thermodynamic solution
- Energy and empire : applications
- Grand unified theories, or, who's got GUTs?
- The reign of force
- A far better rest : equilibrium and entropy in A tale of two cities
- The engine and the demon : transformations
- Bleak house : the novel as engine
- Bodies in heat : demons, women, and emergent order
- Isbn
- 9780262013727
- Label
- ThermoPoetics : energy in Victorian literature and science
- Title
- ThermoPoetics
- Title remainder
- energy in Victorian literature and science
- Statement of responsibility
- Barri J. Gold
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In ThermoPoetics, Barri Gold sets out to show us how analogous, intertwined, and mutually productive poetry and physics may be. Charting the simultaneous emergence of the Jaws of thermodynamics in literature and in physics that began in the 1830s, Gold finds that not only can science influence literature, but literature can influence science, especially in the early stages of intellectual development. Nineteenth-century physics was often conducted in words. And, Gold claims, a poet could be a genius in thermodynamics and a novelist could be a damn good engineer." "Gold's lively readings of works by Alfred Tennyson, Charles Dickens, Herbert Spencer, Bram Stoker, Oscar Wilde, and others offer a decidedly literary introduction to such elements of thermodynamic thought as conservation and dissipation, the linguistic tension between force and energy, the quest for a grand unified theory, strategies for coping within an inexorably entropic universe, and the demonic potential of the thermodynamically savvy individual. Victorian literature embraced the language and ideas of energy physics to address the era's concerns about religion, evolution, race, class, empire, gender, and sexuality. Gold argues that these concerns, in turn, shaped the hopes and fears expressed about the new physics. With ThermoPoetics Gold not only offers us a new lens through which to view Victorian literature but also provides in-depth examples of the practical applications of such a lens. Thus Gold shows us that in In Memoriam, Tennyson expresses thermodynamic optimism with a vision of transformation after loss; in A Tale of Two Cities, Dickens produces order in spite of the universal drive to entropy. and in Bleak House he treats the novel itself as series of engines; and Wilde's Dorian Gray and Stoker's Dracula reveal the creative potential of chaos."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1966-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gold, Barri J.
- Dewey number
- 820/.9/356
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR468.S34
- LC item number
- G65 2010
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- English literature
- Physics in literature
- Literature and science
- Label
- ThermoPoetics : energy in Victorian literature and science, Barri J. Gold
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- Contents
- The consolation of physics : discovery -- Introduction: That thing we do -- Tennyson's thermodynamic solution -- Energy and empire : applications -- Grand unified theories, or, who's got GUTs? -- The reign of force -- A far better rest : equilibrium and entropy in A tale of two cities -- The engine and the demon : transformations -- Bleak house : the novel as engine -- Bodies in heat : demons, women, and emergent order
- Control code
- 324731254
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- x, 343 pages
- Isbn
- 9780262013727
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2009019766
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)324731254
- Label
- ThermoPoetics : energy in Victorian literature and science, Barri J. Gold
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The consolation of physics : discovery -- Introduction: That thing we do -- Tennyson's thermodynamic solution -- Energy and empire : applications -- Grand unified theories, or, who's got GUTs? -- The reign of force -- A far better rest : equilibrium and entropy in A tale of two cities -- The engine and the demon : transformations -- Bleak house : the novel as engine -- Bodies in heat : demons, women, and emergent order
- Control code
- 324731254
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- x, 343 pages
- Isbn
- 9780262013727
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2009019766
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)324731254
Subject
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- HUMANITIES/Literature & Criticism
- History
- Literature and science -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Physics in literature
- SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Science
- PHYSICAL SCIENCES/General
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