Metafact: Essayistic Science in Eighteenth-Century France

by Lars O. Erikson and Lars Olav Erickson

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807892823
• ISBN13: 9780807892824
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Unc Department of Romance Studies
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.2"