TY  - BOOK
AU  - Renk,Kathleen J.
TI  - Magic, science, and empire in postcolonial literature: the alchemical literary imagination 
T2  - Routledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature
SN  - 9780415899062 (hbk)
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - English literature
KW  - 20th century
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Literature and science
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - Science in literature
KW  - Hermetism in literature
KW  - Science and magic
KW  - Imperialism in literature
KW  - Postcolonialism in literature
KW  - Science
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - 19th century
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-164) and index; Introduction -- The alchemical imagination -- Victorian science : debating Darwin and natural history -- Hermeticism'gone underground' : Victorian science and pseudoscience in the age of empire -- Superseding Newtonian determinism : chaos, quantum heresies, and hyperspace in post-imperial literature -- Paradise as chaos : the deconstruction of determinism -- Conclusion
ER  -