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The Resource Emerson's sublime science, Eric Wilson
Emerson's sublime science, Eric Wilson
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The item Emerson's sublime science, Eric Wilson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boston University Libraries.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
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The item Emerson's sublime science, Eric Wilson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boston University Libraries.
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- Summary
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- "Emerson's Sublime Science explores relationships among Emerson's poetics, theory of the sublime, and engagement with electromagnetism. Focusing on the years between Emerson's break with the church in 1832 and the publication of his Nature in 1836, the book illustrates how Davy's chemistry and Faraday's physics revealed to Emerson a sublime universe in which matter is boundless electrical force. This new scientific information affected the young Emerson profoundly, inspiring him to revise the cosmology, aesthetics, and poetics of his European Romantic predecessors in light of an electromagnetic paradigm
- Translating organic life into electric force, Kant's sublime into scientific apprehension, Romantic symbols into electromagnetic circuits, Emerson in his first book Nature created a linguistic version of this electrical cosmos, channelling the perpetual forces of the universe into charged tropes and agitated figures. He wished to galvanize his readers, to shock them into an awareness of nature's animating energies. Offering new perspectives on Emerson's Romanticism, the study also uncovers provocative connections among science, aesthetics, and poetics."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 204 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction: Poetry Realized in Nature
- Sublime Science
- The Hermetic Current
- Electric Cosmos
- Electric Words
- The Electric Field of Nature
- Scientific Edification
- Conclusion: Innocence and Experience
- Isbn
- 9780333718926
- Label
- Emerson's sublime science
- Title
- Emerson's sublime science
- Statement of responsibility
- Eric Wilson
- Subject
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- Das Erhabene
- Electromagnetism
- Electromagnetism
- Elektromagnetismus
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- Knowledge | Science
- Het sublieme
- History
- Literature and science
- Literature and science -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Naturwissenschaften
- Natuurfilosofie
- Poetik
- Romanticism
- Romanticism -- United States
- Science
- Sublime, The, in literature
- Sublime, The, in literature
- United States
- 1800 - 1899
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "Emerson's Sublime Science explores relationships among Emerson's poetics, theory of the sublime, and engagement with electromagnetism. Focusing on the years between Emerson's break with the church in 1832 and the publication of his Nature in 1836, the book illustrates how Davy's chemistry and Faraday's physics revealed to Emerson a sublime universe in which matter is boundless electrical force. This new scientific information affected the young Emerson profoundly, inspiring him to revise the cosmology, aesthetics, and poetics of his European Romantic predecessors in light of an electromagnetic paradigm
- Translating organic life into electric force, Kant's sublime into scientific apprehension, Romantic symbols into electromagnetic circuits, Emerson in his first book Nature created a linguistic version of this electrical cosmos, channelling the perpetual forces of the universe into charged tropes and agitated figures. He wished to galvanize his readers, to shock them into an awareness of nature's animating energies. Offering new perspectives on Emerson's Romanticism, the study also uncovers provocative connections among science, aesthetics, and poetics."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1967-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wilson, Eric
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS1642.S3
- LC item number
- W55 1999
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Emerson, Ralph Waldo
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo
- Literature and science
- Sublime, The, in literature
- Romanticism
- Electromagnetism
- Electromagnetism
- Literature and science
- Romanticism
- Science
- Sublime, The, in literature
- Het sublieme
- Natuurfilosofie
- Naturwissenschaften
- Das Erhabene
- Poetik
- Elektromagnetismus
- United States
- Label
- Emerson's sublime science, Eric Wilson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-201) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Introduction: Poetry Realized in Nature
- Sublime Science
- The Hermetic Current
- Electric Cosmos
- Electric Words
- The Electric Field of Nature
- Scientific Edification
- Conclusion: Innocence and Experience
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 204 pages
- Isbn
- 9780333718926
- Lccn
- 98028416
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)39281979
- (OCoLC)ocm39281979
- Label
- Emerson's sublime science, Eric Wilson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-201) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Introduction: Poetry Realized in Nature
- Sublime Science
- The Hermetic Current
- Electric Cosmos
- Electric Words
- The Electric Field of Nature
- Scientific Edification
- Conclusion: Innocence and Experience
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 204 pages
- Isbn
- 9780333718926
- Lccn
- 98028416
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)39281979
- (OCoLC)ocm39281979
Subject
- Das Erhabene
- Electromagnetism
- Electromagnetism
- Elektromagnetismus
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 -- Knowledge | Science
- Het sublieme
- History
- Literature and science
- Literature and science -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Naturwissenschaften
- Natuurfilosofie
- Poetik
- Romanticism
- Romanticism -- United States
- Science
- Sublime, The, in literature
- Sublime, The, in literature
- United States
- 1800 - 1899
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