Virginia Woolf and the Discourse of Science: The Aesthetics of Astronomy - Hardcover

Henry, Holly

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521812976 ISBN 13: 9780521812979

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Holly Henry investigates how advances in astronomy in the early twentieth century influenced Woolf's literature and aesthetics and the work of such modernist British writers as Vita Sackville-West, H.G. Wells, and T.S. Eliot. In re-evaluating the cultural context out of which Modernism emerged, Henry contends that Woolf formulated a global vision that helped shape her fiction and her pacifist politics through her fascination with astronomy. Henry's study includes revealing examinations of unpublished scientific and literary archival material.

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Book Description

Henry investigates how advances in astronomy in the early twentieth century had a shaping effect on Woolf's literature and aesthetics as well as on the work of modernist British writers including Vita Sackville-West, H. G. Wells, and T. S. Eliot. In re-evaluating the cultural context out of which Modernism emerged, Henry contends that Woolf, through her own fascination with astronomy, formulated a global vision that helped shape her fiction and her pacifist politics. Henry's study includes examinations of unpublished scientific and literary archival material and sheds new light on Woolf's texts.

About the Author

Holly Henry is Assistant Professor of English at the California State University, San Bernardino. Her research has appeared in publications in both the humanities and the sciences including contributions to Virginia Woolf in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction edited by Pamela Gaughie (2000) and Astronomy & Geophysics: The Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0521812976
• ISBN 13: 9780521812979
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 224