Natural History and Scientific Prose

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Abstract

In the Romantic era, original scientific works were commonly read by a general audience. The period's scientific writing needs to be considered not just as cultural context for literature, but as a form of literary production in its own right.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationThe Encyclopedia of Romantic Literature
EditorsFrederick Burwick
Place of PublicationLondon
PublisherBlackwell
Number of pages7
Volume2
ISBN (Electronic)9781118300916
ISBN (Print)9781405188104
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2012

Publication series

NameWiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Literature

Keywords

  • literature
  • medicine
  • astronomy
  • nature
  • science
  • scientific and medicinal prose

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