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Metafact: Essayistic Science in Eighteenth-Century France: 278 (North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures) - Tapa blanda

Erickson, Lars O.

 
9780807892824: Metafact: Essayistic Science in Eighteenth-Century France: 278 (North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures)
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ISBN 10: 0807892823 ISBN 13: 9780807892824
Editorial: UNC Department of Romance Studies, 2004

Sinopsis

Why is science often considered the opposite of literature? Lars O. Erickson examines the relationship between these two fields in eighteenth-century France and finds that the major intellectual and scientific transitions of the period can be better understood by paying attention to literary developments, particularly in genres not traditionally associated with learned societies. Erickson examines works by Diderot and Maupertuis and identifies a shared renegade spirit he calls "essayistic science." He demonstrates how the essay, a vague genre characterized by an openness to lay audiences, a self-reflective character, and an insistence on broad overviews, was used to react to a crisis in knowledge and to question the production of facts. Consequently, essayistic science does not deal with facts but with "metafacts," breaking down scientific traditions and bridging objective science with subjective literature.

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Lars O. Erickson is assistant professor of French at the University of Rhode Island.

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Editorial
UNC Department of Romance Studies
Año de publicación
2004
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0807892823
ISBN 13 
9780807892824
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
198
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