Useful Knowledge

The Victorians, Morality, and the March of Intellect

Autor: Alan Rauch

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Vazba: Brožovaná

Vydavatel: Duke University Press

Dostupnost: Skladem u dodavatele

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Nineteenth-century England witnessed an unprecedented increase in the amount of publications and ins...

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Autor

Alan Rauch

Jazyk

Angličtina

Vazba

Kniha - Brožovaná

Vydáno

2001

Stránek

304

EAN

9780822326687

ISBN

082232668X

Enbook ID

04937393

Vydavatel

Duke University Press

Hmotnost

490

Rozměry

152 x 229 x 24

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Nineteenth-century England witnessed an unprecedented increase in the amount of publications and institutions devoted to the creation and the dissemination of knowledge: encyclopaedias, scientific periodicals, instruction manuals, scientific societies, children's literature, mechanics' institutes, museums of natural history, and lending libraries. In "Useful Knowledge", Alan Rauch presents a social, cultural, and literary history of this new knowledge industry and traces its relationships within nineteenth-century literature, ending with its eventual confrontation with Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species". Rauch discusses both the influence and the ideology of knowledge in terms of how it affected nineteenth-century anxieties about moral responsibility and religious beliefs. Drawing on a wide array of literary, scientific, and popular works of the period, the book focuses on the growing importance of scientific knowledge and its impact on Victorian culture. From discussions of Jane Webb Loudon's "The Mummy!" and Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein", to Charlotte Bronte's "The Professor", Charles Kingsley's "Alton Locke", and George Eliot's "Mill on the Floss", Rauch paints a fascinating picture of nineteenth-century culture and addresses issues related to the proliferation of knowledge and the moral issues of this time period. "Useful Knowledge" touches on social and cultural anxieties that offer both historical and contemporary insights on our ongoing preoccupation with knowledge. "Useful Knowledge" will appeal to readers interested in nineteenth century history, literature, culture, the mediation of knowledge, and the history of science.

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