Article ID: CBB344429030

Microscopy and Literature (2019)

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This article draws attention to literary works which have been influenced by microscopy, or in which microscopy has played a significant role. The work of writers including Jonathan Swift, Voltaire, George Eliot, H. G. Wells and D. H. Lawrence is discussed. In many cases these authors had direct experience of operating microscopes and viewing the wonders of the microscopic world. However, with the increasing separation of the two cultures, recent examples of microscopy in literature are rare.

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Authors & Contributors
Zuidervaart, Huib J.
Anderson, Douglas R.
Anderson, Nancy Ann
Andrietti, Francesco
Arecco, Davide
Bracegirdle, Brian
Journals
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
Eighteenth Century: Theory and Interpretation
Almagest
British Journal for the History of Science
History of European Ideas
History of Science
Publishers
Cornell University
University of Michigan
Feltrinelli
Quekett Microscopical Club
Marcovalerio Edizioni
Concepts
Microscopy
Microscopes
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Science and literature
Optics
Microbiology
People
Swift, Jonathan
Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van
Divini, Eustachio
Hooke, Robert
Pascal, Blaise
Verne, Jules
Time Periods
18th century
17th century
19th century
20th century
16th century
20th century, early
Places
Great Britain
Netherlands
Ireland
Europe
Delft (Netherlands)
England
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