Article ID: CBB000551064

On Creating an Anthology of Nineteenth-Century Literature and Science (2003)

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Otis, Laura (Author)


Interdisciplinary Science Reviews
Volume: 28
Pages: 157--160


Publication Date: 2003
Edition Details: Part of a special issue on “The Literature of Science”
Language: English

This paper describes how I anthologised the 'and' of nineteenth century literature and science for a volume in Oxford University Press's World's Classics series. The challenge was to choose and align a hundred excerpts from novels, scientific essays, poems, and textbooks to reveal the 'feedback loop' of influence between literary and scientific writers. Some of the best evidence for cross-pollination I discovered in journal volumes. In repeated cycles of comments from my editor and reader, and with frequent input from friends, I found myself rethinking what it means to exchange ideas, and did my best to illustrate these interactions for general readers.

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Authors & Contributors
Zipser, Barbara
Weber, A. S.
Wagner, William G.
Vannoni, Antonella
Statile, Glenn N.
Sokal, Michael Mark
Concepts
Primary literature (historical sources)
Anthologies
Historiography
Medicine
Evolution
Science, general histories
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
17th century
20th century, early
18th century
Ancient
Places
United States
Moravia
Argentina
Russia
Latin America
Greece
Institutions
Columbia University
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