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Cambridge University Press Literature, Language, and the Rise of the Intellectual Disciplines in Britain, 1680–1820

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Product Description The divide between the sciences and the humanities, which often seem to speak entirely different languages, has its roots in the way intellectual disciplines developed in the long eighteenth century. As various fields of study became defined and to some degree professionalized, their ways of communicating evolved into an increasingly specialist vocabulary. Chemists, physicists, philosophers, and poets argued about whether their discourses should become more and more specialised, or whether they should aim to remain intelligible to the layperson. In this interdisciplinary study, Robin Valenza shows how Isaac Newton, Samuel Johnson, David Hume, Adam Smith, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth invented new intellectual languages. By offering a much-needed account of the rise of the modern disciplines, Robin Valenza shows why the sciences and humanities diverged so strongly, and argues that literature has a special role in navigating between the languages of different areas of thought. Review Review of the hardback: 'Her lively, lucid explorations of Newtonian science, Scottish philosophy and Romantic poetics offer some provocative new perspectives on the organisation of knowledge in the long eighteenth century; they also invite her academic readers to temper the scepticism of the specialist with the more conversible qualities of intellectual agility and lightly worn eclecticism.' Review of English Studies Book Description A literary account of how the modern divide between the sciences and the humanities emerged in the eighteenth century. About the Author Robin Valenza is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Chicago.

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Brand: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardcover
ASIN: 0521767024
Category: Books > Subjects > History > Social & Cultural
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Release Date: 24 September 2009
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