Starry sky within : astronomy and the reach of the mind in Victorian literature /
'The Starry Sky Within' is an innovative study of previously unexplored connections between 19th-century astronomy and British literature. Astronomers in the 19th-century revealed a staggeringly mobile world extending far beyond the scope of human vision and Anna Henchman examines how this...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
[2014]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 'The Starry Sky Within' is an innovative study of previously unexplored connections between 19th-century astronomy and British literature. Astronomers in the 19th-century revealed a staggeringly mobile world extending far beyond the scope of human vision and Anna Henchman examines how this discovery inspired the novelists of the day. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 294 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780191510571 0191510572 9780191770449 0191770442 |