Uncommon Contexts: Encounters Between Science and Literature, 1800-1914

Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century

by Ben Marsden, Hazel Hutchison (Editor), Ralph O'Connor (Editor)

Britain in the long nineteenth century developed an increasing interest in science of all kinds. The essays in this collection uncover this symbiotic relationship between literature and science.

254 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2013

About the author

Ben Marsden is Senior Lecturer in The School of Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History at the University of Aberdeen. Marsden's research focuses are: science and technology in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century culture, especially the cultural history of engineering and technology in Britain; the historical relationship between science and music; engineers as authors and readers; cultural history of food.