Renk, Kathleen J.,  1952- <br/><br/>
Magic, science, and empire in postcolonial literature :  the alchemical literary imagination / 
Kathleen J. Renk. 
 - New York :  Routledge,  2012. 
 - xii, 171 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature ;  4 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-164) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- The alchemical imagination -- Victorian science : debating Darwin and natural history -- Hermeticism'gone underground' : Victorian science and pseudoscience in the age of empire -- Superseding Newtonian determinism : chaos, quantum heresies, and hyperspace in post-imperial literature -- Paradise as chaos : the deconstruction of determinism -- Conclusion. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780415899062 (hbk)  RM426.73 9780203156117 (ebk) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English literature--History and criticism.--20th century<br/>Literature and science--History--Great Britain--20th century.<br/>Science in literature.<br/>Hermetism in literature.<br/>Science and magic.<br/>Imperialism in literature.<br/>Postcolonialism in literature.<br/>Science--Philosophy--History--20th century.<br/>Science--History--Great Britain--19th century.