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A Mine Not So Thoroughly Worked: Astronomy and the Universal Dimension of Science in Thomas Hardy's Two on a Tower

Panel: 
Literature and Science I
Abstract: 

Hardy's 1882 novel Two on a Tower represents a view of embodied scientific practice; however, it nonetheless illustrates that the erasure of history and enactment of gendered hierarchies were an implicit facet in the production of "objective" knowledge of the Victorian universe.

Presenter Information
First Name: 
Garrett
Last Name: 
Peck
Institution: 
University of British Columbia