Murphy, Kieran M.
Electromagnetism and the Metonymic Imagination (AnthropoScene)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780271086064
- author:
- Murphy, Kieran M.
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2021
- Pages:
- 192
- Dimensions:
- 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 centimeters (0
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary Criticsm, European,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Electromagnetism and the Metonymic Imagination by Kieran M. Murphy explores how the imagination has shaped our understanding of science and literature. This book reveals how the discovery of electromagnetism in 1820 led to new insights into nature, technology, and human relationships. Murphy examines the connections between scientific discoveries and literary experiments, including the work of authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Honoré de Balzac, Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, and André Breton. He also discusses the contributions of scientists like Michael Faraday and Albert Einstein, who used imaginative approaches to understand the natural world. This book brings a fresh perspective to the study of literature and science in the 19th century, highlighting the overlooked exchange between these two fields.
Related Products
Related Products
Fear and Nature: Ecohorror Studies in the Anthropocene (AnthropoScene)
Tidwell, Christy
Oil Fictions: World Literature and Our Contemporary Petrosphere (AnthropoScene)
Balkan, Stacey
Corpus-Based Approaches to Metaphor and Metonymy
Stefanowitsch, Anatol , Gries, Stefan Th
Metonymies and Metaphors for Death Around the World (Routledge Studies in Linguistics)
Wachowski, Wojciech
Metaphor and Metonymy: A Diachronic Approach (Publications of the Philological Society)
Allan, Kathryn