Lessons from literature for the historian of science (and vice versa): Reflections on "form"

Henry S. Turner

doi:10.1086/655795

Lessons from literature for the historian of science (and vice versa): Reflections on "form"

Henry S. Turner

School of Arts and Sciences

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This essay surveys recent discussion of the problem of form in literary studies, identifies several ways in which the notion of form might be expanded, and suggests ways in which such an expanded category of form might be useful to historians of science and literary critics alike.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	578-589
Number of pages	12
Journal	ISIS
Volume	101
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/655795
State	Published - Sep 2010

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History
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
History and Philosophy of Science

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