MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2011021734
003 DLC
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008 110603s2012 nyua b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aPR478.S26$bR46 2012
082 00 $a820.9/36$223
100 1 $aRenk, Kathleen J.,$d1952-
245 10 $aMagic, science, and empire in postcolonial literature :$bthe alchemical literary imagination /$cKathleen J. Renk.
260 $aNew York :$bRoutledge,$cc2012.
300 $axii, 171 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
490 0 $aRoutledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature ;$v4
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [155]-164) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- 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.
650 0 $aEnglish literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aLiterature and science$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aScience in literature.
650 0 $aHermetism in literature.
650 0 $aScience and magic.
650 0 $aImperialism in literature.
650 0 $aPostcolonialism in literature.
650 0 $aScience$xPhilosophy$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aScience$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century.