Moral Authority, Men of Science, and the Victorian Novel

Auteur: DeWitt, Anne (Princeton University, New Jersey)
Editeur: Cambridge University Press
How did Victorian novelists including Eliot, Hardy and Wells respond to contemporary men of science who aligned scientific practice with moral excellence in an endeavor to secure cultural authority for their discipline? Anne DeWitt argues that novelists came to reject this alignment, denying that science held widely accessible moral benefits.

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How did Victorian novelists including Eliot, Hardy and Wells respond to contemporary men of science who aligned scientific practice with moral excellence in an endeavor to secure cultural authority for their discipline? Anne DeWitt argues that novelists came to reject this alignment, denying that science held widely accessible moral benefits.
ISBN / EAN 9781107036178
Auteur DeWitt, Anne (Princeton University, New Jersey)
Editeur Cambridge University Press