Moral authority, men of science, and the Victorian novel

By:

DeWitt, Anne

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2013Description: ix, 273 pages 24cmISBN:

9781316600948

Subject(s):

English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism. Literature and science -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century

DDC classification:

823.809355 DEW

Summary: 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.

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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.

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