Dying to know scientific epistemology and narrative in Victorian England / [electronic resource] :
George Levine.
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2002.
- xi, 326 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-315) and index.
The narrative of scientific epistemology -- Dying to know Descartes -- Carlyle, Descartes, and objectivity : lessen thy denominator -- Autobiography as epistemology : the effacement of self -- My life as a machine : Francis Galton, with some reflections on A.R. Wallace -- Self-effacement revisited : women and scientific autobiography -- The test of truth : Our Mutual Friend -- Daniel Deronda : a new epistemology -- The Cartesian Hardy : I think, therefore I'm doomed -- Daring to know : Karl Pearson and the romance of science -- The epistemology of science and art : Pearson and Pater.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Descartes, René, 1596-1650 --Influence.
English prose literature--History and criticism.--19th century Literature and science--History--Great Britain--19th century. Narration (Rhetoric)--History--19th century. Knowledge, Theory of, in literature. Science in literature. Science--Philosophy.