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Resistance to Science in Contemporary American Poetry.
This book examines types of resistance in contemporary poetry to the authority of scientific knowledge, tracing the source of these resistances to both their literary precedents and the scientific zeitgeists that helped to produce them. Walpert argues that contemporary poetry offers a palimpsest of...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor & Francis,
2011.
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| Colección: | Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Resistance to Science in Contemporary American Poetry; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Popularization, Praise, and the Aesthetic Pleasures of Science; 2. Poetry, Science, and Claims on Knowledge; 3. The Ghost of Romanticism: Perception and Imagination; 4. The Ghost of Modernism: Relativity of Knowledge; 5. The Ghost of Language: The Postmodern Subject and the Poiesis of Science; 6. The Ghost of Science: Knowledge as Intervention; Epilogue; Notes; Works Cited; Index.