Magic, science, and empire in postcolonial literature : the alchemical literary imagination / Kathleen J. Renk.
Series: Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature ; 4Publication details: New York : Routledge, 2012.Description: xii, 171 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780415899062 (hbk)
- 9780203156117 (ebk)
- English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Literature and science -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Science in literature
- Hermetism in literature
- Science and magic
- Imperialism in literature
- Postcolonialism in literature
- Science -- Philosophy -- History -- 20th century
- Science -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-164) and index.
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.
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