Mechanism and the Novel (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521443395)

Martha Turner's book makes an important contribution to the growing studies of science and literature by examining the relationship between British fiction and the tradition of mechanistic science derived from Isaac Newton. It traces the evolution of the concept of mechanism among science writers and novelists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and undertakes detailed analysis of novels by Austen, Scott, Dickens, Meredith, Conrad, Lawrence, and Doris Lessing. The book provides a bridge between the mechanical philosophy of the eighteenth century and present-day habits of thought.

Author: Martha A. Turner
ISBN-10: 0521443393
ISBN-13: 9780521443395
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/24/1993
Pages: 212
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d