Literature & Chemistry - Elective Affinities (Hardcover)

Literature and Chemistry: Elective Affinities investigates literary and chemical encounters, from medieval alchemy to contemporary science fiction, in works of the likes of Dante, Goethe, Baudelaire and Dag Solstad as well as in literary writing of scientists such as Humphry Davy, Ludwig Boltzmann and Oliver Sachs. Sixteen authors break new ground in demonstrating chemistry's particular status as one of the sciences in which humanities should interest itself, the overlaps and reciprocities of the two fields, and - perhaps most importantly - chemistry's role in the production of narrative, metaphor, and literary form. The anthology makes the silent presence of chemistry perceptible, uncovering its historical and present appeal to material sensitivity, imagination, and creativity, as well as its call for philosophical and ethical concern, and for wonder.

General

Imprint:	Aarhus University Press
Country of origin:	Denmark
Release date:	March 2014
First published:	February 2014
Editors:	Margareth Hagen • Margery Vibe Skagen
Dimensions:	155 x 240 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	340
ISBN-13:	978-87-7124-174-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General
LSN:	87-7124-174-4
Barcode:	9788771241747

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