Rearranging an Infinite Universe: Literary Misprision and Manipulations of Space and Time, 1750-1850
Description:
This project explores the intersection of literature and science from the mid-eighteenth century to the mid-nineteenth century in the context of this shift in conceptions of space and time. Confronted with the rapid and immense expansion of space and time, eighteenth and nineteenth-century philosophers and authors sought to locate humans' relative position in the vast void. Furthermore, their attempts to spatially and temporally map the universe led to changes in perceptions of the relationship…
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Date:
December 2018
Creator:
Tatum, Brian Shane
Partner:
UNT Libraries