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  1. Magic, science, and empire in postcolonial literature
    the alchemical literary imagination
    Autor*in: Renk, Kathleen J.
    Erschienen: 2012
    Verlag:  Routledge,, New York

    1. The alchemical imagination -- 2. Victorian science : debating Darwin and natural history -- 3. Hermeticism 'gone underground' : Victorian science and pseudoscience in the age of empire -- 4. Superseding Newtonian determinism : chaos, quantum... mehr

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    1. The alchemical imagination -- 2. Victorian science : debating Darwin and natural history -- 3. Hermeticism 'gone underground' : Victorian science and pseudoscience in the age of empire -- 4. Superseding Newtonian determinism : chaos, quantum heresies, and hyperspace in postimperial literature -- 5. Paradise as chaos : the deconstruction of determinism.

     
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    Quelle: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780203156117; 9781136582271; 9781136582318; 9781136582325
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    Schriftenreihe: Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature ; 4
    Schlagworte: English literature; Literature and science; Science in literature; Hermetism in literature; Science and magic; Imperialism in literature; Postcolonialism in literature; Science; Science
    Umfang: 1 online resource (xii, 171 pages)
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages [155]-164) and index
  2. Magic, science, and empire in postcolonial literature
    the alchemical literary imagination
    Autor*in: Renk, Kathleen J.
    Erschienen: 2012
    Verlag:  Routledge,, New York

    1. The alchemical imagination -- 2. Victorian science : debating Darwin and natural history -- 3. Hermeticism 'gone underground' : Victorian science and pseudoscience in the age of empire -- 4. Superseding Newtonian determinism : chaos, quantum... mehr

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    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Potsdamer Straße
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    1. The alchemical imagination -- 2. Victorian science : debating Darwin and natural history -- 3. Hermeticism 'gone underground' : Victorian science and pseudoscience in the age of empire -- 4. Superseding Newtonian determinism : chaos, quantum heresies, and hyperspace in postimperial literature -- 5. Paradise as chaos : the deconstruction of determinism.

     
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    Quelle: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780203156117; 9781136582271; 9781136582318; 9781136582325
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    Schriftenreihe: Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature ; 4
    Schlagworte: English literature; Literature and science; Science in literature; Hermetism in literature; Science and magic; Imperialism in literature; Postcolonialism in literature; Science; Science
    Umfang: 1 online resource (xii, 171 pages)
    Bemerkung(en):

    Includes bibliographical references (pages [155]-164) and index
  3. Magic, science, and empire in postcolonial literature
    the alchemical literary imagination
    Autor*in: Renk, Kathleen J.
    Erschienen: 2012
    Verlag:  Routledge, New York

    Includes bibliographical references and index This book examines the ways in which contemporary British and British postcolonial writers in the after-empire era draw connections between magic (defined here as Renaissance Hermetic philosophy) and... mehr

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    Includes bibliographical references and index This book examines the ways in which contemporary British and British postcolonial writers in the after-empire era draw connections between magic (defined here as Renaissance Hermetic philosophy) and science. Writers such as Tom Stoppard, Zadie Smith, and Margaret Atwood critique both imperial science, or science used in service to empire, and what Renk calls "imperical science," a distortion of rational science which denies that reality is holistic and claims that nature can and should be conquered. In warning of the dangers of imperical science, these writers restore the connection

     
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    Quelle: Verbundkataloge
    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0415899060; 9780415899062; 9781136582325
    Schriftenreihe: Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature
    Umfang: xii, 171 p.
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    Cover; Magic, Science, and Empire in Postcolonial Literature; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Alchemical Imagination; 2. Victorian Science: Debating Darwin and Natural History; 3. Hermeticism "Gone Underground": Victorian Science and Pseudoscience in the Age of Empire; 4. Superseding Newtonian Determinism: Chaos, Quantum Heresies, and Hyperspace in Postimperial Literature; 5. Paradise As Chaos: The Deconstruction of Determinism; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index;