Fictional matter : empiricism, corpuscles, and the novel /

In a groundbreaking study of the ralationship between chemistry and literary history, Helen Thompson explores the ways in which chemical conceptions of matter shaped eighteenth-century British culture. Although the scientific revolution championed experimental, sense-based knowledge, chemists claime...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thompson, Helen, 1967- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2017]
Temas:
1700-1799
English fiction > 18th century > History and criticism.
Chemistry > England > History > 18th century.
Literature and science > England > History > 18th century.
Empiricism in literature.
Chemistry in literature.
Science > England > History > 18th century.
Roman anglais > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Chimie > Angleterre > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Littérature et sciences > Angleterre > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Empirisme dans la littérature.
Chimie dans la littérature.
Sciences > Angleterre > Histoire > 18e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Science.
Literature and science.
Chemistry.
English fiction.
England.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Boyle's doctrine of qualities
  • John Locke and matter's power
  • Morbific matter and character's form
  • Race and the corpuscle
  • Quality's qualities: fielding alchemical imaginary
  • Fixing sex: Richardson's Clarissa
  • Denominating oxygen.

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