{"product_id":"comparative-criticism-volume-13-literature-and-science-hardback-9780521411165","title":"Comparative Criticism: Volume 13, Literature and Science (Hardback) 9780521411165","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eComparative Criticism: Volume 13, Literature and Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTopics covered in this volume include literary Chinese as a language for science among others.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eE. S. Shaffer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521411165, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 13 February 1992\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e348 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.8 x 2.4 cm, 0.646 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTopics covered in this volume include literary Chinese as a language for science, the history and principles of scientific translation in Europe, the theatrical panorama in the 19th century and its roots in optical theory and experiment, and an alternative perspective on Gerard Manley Hopkins.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of contributors\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Frontispiece\u003cbr\u003e Editor's introduction: The Sphinx and the Muses: the third culture\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Literature and Science: 1. Literary Chinese as a scientific language. A selection from the concluding volume of Science and Civilisation in China. With illustrations Joseph Needham and Kenneth Robinson\u003cbr\u003e 2. 'The names of things not generally known …': scientists, translators and terminology in the age of Newton L. G. Kelly\u003cbr\u003e 3. The poet's senses: G. B. Marino's epic poem L'Adone and the new science Maurice Slawinski\u003cbr\u003e 4. Science and supernaturalism: Sir David Brewster and Sir Walter Scott. With illustrations Frederick Burwick\u003cbr\u003e 5. Helmholtz, Tyndall, Gerard Manley Hopkins: leaps of the prepared imagination Gillian Beer\u003cbr\u003e 6. The hermeneutics of extinction: denial and discovery in scientific literature Joel Black\u003cbr\u003e 7. Beckett and science: Watt and the quantum universe Angela Montgomery\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Literature and Translation: 8. L'Expérience de traduire: Verlaine's Femmes\/Hombres Alistair Elliot\u003cbr\u003e 9. Notes on the Theory of Literary History Translated with an introduction by Ian Fairley György Lukács\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Essay Reviews: 10. Bacon among the literati: science and language Brian Vickers\u003cbr\u003e 11. A new discipline? Essays in 'literature and science' Roy Porter\u003cbr\u003e Bibliographies: Books and periodicals received Andrew Milne\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography of Comparative Literature in Britain and Ireland 1988 Joseph Th. Leerssen\u003cbr\u003e Special bibliography: Technical translation in England, 1640–1800 L. G. Kelly.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20theory%20%5BDSA%5D%22\"\u003eDSA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007248322840,"sku":"9780521411165","price":99.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521411165i_9743a4be-c366-4caf-af7e-6f747ca58e75.jpg?v=1691381286","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/comparative-criticism-volume-13-literature-and-science-hardback-9780521411165","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}