Romanticism and the SciencesThis book presents a series of essays, each specially written by an expert in the area, which focus on the role of Romantic philosophy and ideology in the sciences, and on the role of the sciences in Romantic literature. The contributions are designed to give a systematic coverage of the whole field. They are written at a popular level; they are well illustrated; and are accompanied by suggestions for further reading suitable for undergraduates and others. Divided into four sections under the titles 'Romanticism', 'Sciences of the Organic', 'Sciences of the Inorganic', and 'Literature and the Sciences', the book discusses various themes, movements and theories, as well as individual scientists and writers (including Schelling, von Humboldt, Goethe, Ritter, Davy, Oersted, Kleist, Coleridge, and Buchner). There is an editorial introduction prefiguring some of the concerns of the books. This original collection, designed to provide a balance of literary and scientific interests for students in both humanistic and scientific disciplines and occupies an important place in a previously under-explored field. |
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Contents
Romanticism and the sciences | 13 |
Schelling and the origins of his Naturphilosophie | 25 |
Genius in Romantic natural philosophy | 82 |
the consequences of | 101 |
Morphotypes and the historicalgenetic method in Romantic | 119 |
the Romantic gestation | 130 |
Romantic thought and the origins of cell theory | 161 |
Alexander von Humboldt and the geography of vegetation | 169 |
Humphry Davy and Romanticism | 213 |
Oersteds discovery of electromagnetism | 228 |
Caves fossils and the history of the earth | 241 |
Goethes use of chemical theory in his Elective Affinities | 263 |
abnormal psychology and psychiatry in | 280 |
Coleridge and the sciences | 295 |
the language of science in the American | 307 |
Georg Biichner and Naturphilosophie | 322 |
Goethe colour and the science of seeing | 189 |
Romantic physics in Germany | 199 |
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| Title | Romanticism and the Sciences |
| Editors | Andrew Cunningham, Nicholas Jardine |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | CUP Archive, 1990 |
| ISBN | 0521356857, 9780521356855 |
| Length | 345 pages |
| Subjects | › › Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criticism / General |
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