Road to Egdon Heath: The Aesthetics of the Great in Nature 9780773567535
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Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
Introduction: Tempe and Thule
I: UNDERPINNINGS
1 The Great as Aesthetic Category
2 Knowing the Planet: Early Travel and Exploration
3 Coming to Terms: Philosophy, Religion, and Science
II: RECOGNIZING GREATNESS: THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
4 The Great and Sublime: British Aesthetics
5 Wild Writing: The Great in Georgian Literature
6 Breaking Loose: European Developments to Goethe
7 Enlarged Views: English Travel and Exploration
III: FROM SUBLIMITY TO BARRENNESS: THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
8 Mind and Earth: Philosophy and Science
9 Poetic Feet: England's Peripatetic Bards
10 Landscapes in Prose: Fiction and Travel
IV: SCIENCE AND SENSIBILITY: THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
11 "Go and See": Lyell, Geology, and Belief
12 "What Is Nature?" Some Influential Views, 1830–70
13 Leaving Blanks: American Novelists and the Great
14 The Naked Truth: Desert Travel, 1830–70
15 Mighty Fortresses: The Meanings of Mountains, 1830–70
16 The Arctic Saga: Polar Exploration, 1830–67
17 Desert Souls: The Great and Barren in European Literature, 1830–66
18 On the Beach: Victorian Writers by the Sea of Doubt
19 On the Heath: The 1870s
EPILOGUE: THE HEATH REVISITED
Chronology
Lexicon
Works Cited
Index
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Contents
Preface
Introduction: Tempe and Thule
I: UNDERPINNINGS
1 The Great as Aesthetic Category
2 Knowing the Planet: Early Travel and Exploration
3 Coming to Terms: Philosophy, Religion, and Science
II: RECOGNIZING GREATNESS: THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
4 The Great and Sublime: British Aesthetics
5 Wild Writing: The Great in Georgian Literature
6 Breaking Loose: European Developments to Goethe
7 Enlarged Views: English Travel and Exploration
III: FROM SUBLIMITY TO BARRENNESS: THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
8 Mind and Earth: Philosophy and Science
9 Poetic Feet: England's Peripatetic Bards
10 Landscapes in Prose: Fiction and Travel
IV: SCIENCE AND SENSIBILITY: THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
11 "Go and See": Lyell, Geology, and Belief
12 "What Is Nature?" Some Influential Views, 1830–70
13 Leaving Blanks: American Novelists and the Great
14 The Naked Truth: Desert Travel, 1830–70
15 Mighty Fortresses: The Meanings of Mountains, 1830–70
16 The Arctic Saga: Polar Exploration, 1830–67
17 Desert Souls: The Great and Barren in European Literature, 1830–66
18 On the Beach: Victorian Writers by the Sea of Doubt
19 On the Heath: The 1870s
EPILOGUE: THE HEATH REVISITED
Chronology
Lexicon
Works Cited
Index
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
R
S
T
U
V
W
Y
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