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1030398
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b784768
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| Main Entry
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Kuhn, Bernhard Helmut,1969-
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Autobiography and natural science in the age of Romanticism : : Rousseau, Goethe, Thoreau /\ Bernhard Kuhn.
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| Publication Statement
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Farnham, England ;Burlington, VT :: Ashgate,, ©2009.
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1 online resource (viii, 171 pages)
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| ISBN
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0754661660
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: 0754696154
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: 9780754661665
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: 9780754696155
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9780754661665
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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The nature of identity and the identity of nature -- Natural science and the self in Rousseau's Confessions -- Reveries and the re-enchantement of nature -- Goethe's autobiographical science -- Self-formations: order and disorder in poetry and truth -- The metamorphosis of Thoreau -- Prolific hybrids : Walden and Thoreau's natural history.
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| Abstract
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Bernhard Kuhn's study uncovers a fundamental connection between the autobiographies and scientific writings of Rousseau, Goethe, and Thoreau that refutes the now entrenched thesis of the 'two cultures.' As he examines these three representative writers, Kuhn reveals the scientific character of autobiographical writing while demonstrating the autobiographical nature of natural science. An unfolding drama emerges, in which Romantic Period writers are seen preserving what modern culture is determined to break apart.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von,1749-1832., Aus meinem leben. Dichtung und wahrheit.
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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques,1712-1778., Confessions.
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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques,1712-1778., Rêveries du promeneur solitaire.
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Thoreau, Henry David,1817-1862., Walden.
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Authors, Biography-- History and criticism.
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Autobiography.
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Identity (Psychology) in literature.
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Literature and science-- History.
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Natural history in literature.
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Self in literature.
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Authors-- Biography.
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Autobiography.
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Identity (Psychology) in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- General.
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Literature and science.
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Natural history in literature.
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Self in literature.
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TRAVEL-- Special Interest-- Literary.
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Confessions (Rousseau, Jean-Jacques)
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Rêveries du promeneur solitaire (Rousseau, Jean-Jacques)
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Walden (Thoreau, Henry David)
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| Dewey Classification
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809/.93592
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| LC Classification
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PN452.K85 2009eb
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