Scientific travel narrative
Weber, Anne-Gaëlle, À beau mentir qui vient de loin. Savants, voyageurs et romanciers au XIXe siècle, Honoré Champion, 2004. In this book, Anne-Gaëlle Weber explores the...
Catégorie : Book Reviews
This section features a selection of francophone academic publications on Victorian literature and science which might help address the question of forms, as is the purpose of the France-Berkeley project this year. As several online academic societies already offer comprehensive resources on recent British and American criticism in that field, we have chosen to restrict our list to the works published in a francophone context, as they might not have acquired the same visibility outside this circle. It is also worth noting that some of these works cover a longer period than the 19th century and might come handy for students or academics who have a broader interest in the connections between literature and science.
We would also be pleased to receive suggestions; feel free to contact one of the administrators of this page if you would like to share references you might have come across during your own research.
Distinction between science and literature
Serres, Michel. Feux et signaux de brume, Zola, Grasset, 1975. Though his work hasn’t encountered the same success abroad as Foucault or Derrida, Michel Serres is...
Scientific poetry and debates
Marchal, Hugues. Muses et ptérodactyles, La poésie scientifique de Chénier à Rimbaud, Paris, Les Éditions du Seuil, 2013. This book is an anthology of texts about...
Scientific poetry
Louâpre, Muriel, Marchal, Hugues and Pierssens, Michel. La Poésie scientifique, de la gloire au déclin, Épistémocritique, 2014, online publication on www.epistemocritique.org. The book is a collection...
Interactions between technology and literature
Krzywkowski, Isabelle. Machines à écrire. Littérature et technologies du XIXe au XXIe siècle. Grenoble, UGA Editions, 2010. In this book, Isabelle Krzywkowski explores the interactions between...
Manifestations of science through literature
Foucrier, Chantal. Les réécritures littéraires des discours scientifiques, Paris, Michel Houdiard éditeur, 2006. The articles in this collection explore different manifestations of science through literature, from...
Arts and sciences and French criticism
Dahan-Gaida, Laurence. Conversations entre la littérature, les arts et les sciences, Besançon, Presses universitaires de Franche-Comté, 2006. This collection of articles was published after the 3rd...
Science and literature
Courant, Elsa and Enriquez, Romain. Un territoire en partage. Littérature et sciences au XIXe siècle, Épistémocritique, 2018, online publication on www.epistemocritique.org. In its study of the...
Art and industry in France in the 19th century
Caraion, Marta. “Les philosophes de la vapeur et des allumettes chimiques” : littérature, sciences et industrie en 1855, Genève, Librairie Droz, 2008. In the three sections...
Representations of fog in arts and sciences
Becker, Karin ; Leplatre, Olivier. La brume et le brouillard dans la science, la littérature et les arts, Paris, Hermann Éditeurs, 2014. This collection brings together a...
