Moral authority, men of science, and the victorian novel
Auteur :
DeWitt, Anne
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781316600948
Date de publication :
21 janv. 2016
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,5 cm
Poids :
400 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
How did Victorian novelists including Eliot, Hardy and Wells respond to contemporary men of science who aligned scientific practice with moral excellence in an endeavor to secure cultural authority for their discipline? Anne DeWitt argues that novelists came to reject this alignment, denying that science held widely accessible moral benefits.