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Geology and Religious Sentiment
The Effect of Geological Discoveries on English Society and Literature between 1829 and 1859
Series: - Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, Volume: 80
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This book deals with reactions to geological discoveries in early nineteenth-century England. How did theologians cope with new scientific evidence of the antiquity of the world which was contrary to accepted biblical chronology? And what repercussions did this picture have on philosophers, poets and novelists?
The first part of the book concentrates on Charles Lyell's religious and scientific views. This is followed by a study of William Buckland, Adam Segdwick and William Whewell, three clergymen who were also geologists. The last section explores the literary reception of the revolutionary discoveries of Lyell and his contemporaries.
The first part of the book concentrates on Charles Lyell's religious and scientific views. This is followed by a study of William Buckland, Adam Segdwick and William Whewell, three clergymen who were also geologists. The last section explores the literary reception of the revolutionary discoveries of Lyell and his contemporaries.
Jan M. Ivo Klaver, Ph.D. (1997), University of Amsterdam, teaches English at the University of Urbino (Italy).
All those interested in intellectual history, history of science, history of ideas, as well as scholars of Victorian society and literature.