Virginia Woolf and the study of nature

Virginia Woolf and the study of nature / Christina Alt.

Author/creator	Alt, Christina, 1976-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Description	ix, 229 pages ; 24 cm
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Subject(s)	Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941--Criticism and interpretation. Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941--Knowledge --Natural history. Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941--Knowledge --Life sciences. Nature in literature. Life sciences in literature. Life sciences--Great Britain --History --19th century. Life sciences--Great Britain --History --20th century. Literature and science--Great Britain --History --20th century.

Contents	Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The natural history tradition; 2. The modern life sciences; 3. 'To pin through the body with a name': Virginia Woolf and the taxonomic tradition; 4. Laboratory coats and field glasses: Virginia Woolf and the modern study of nature; 5. Representing 'the manner of our seeing': literary experimentation and scientific analogy; Bibliography; Notes.
Abstract	"Reflecting the modernist fascination with science, Virginia Woolf's representations of nature are informed by a wide-ranging interest in contemporary developments in the life sciences. Christina Alt analyses Woolf's responses to disciplines ranging from taxonomy and the new biology of the laboratory to ethology and ecology and illustrates how Woolf drew on the methods and objectives of the contemporary life sciences to describe her own literary experiments. Through the examination of Woolf's engagement with shifting approaches to the study of nature, this work covers new ground in Woolf studies and makes an important contribution to the understanding of modernist exchanges between literature and science"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2010011235
ISBN	9780521196550
ISBN	0521196558

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PR6045.O72 Z5375 2010	✔ Available	Place Hold