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Disciplinary Hybridity in Shelley's Adonais.(Percy Bysshe Shelley)(Critical Essay)

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From: Mosaic (Winnipeg)
Date: 19990901
Author:Brigham, Linda C.

Percy Bysshe Shelley's conceptual link between science and literature is explored, focusing on his elegiac poem "Adonais". Borrowing from the scientific method, Shelley showed that literature, like science, is unable to offer immortality to either its creator or its subject.

Research programs in science studies - as well as more general programs in women's studies and cultural studies - have for the past two decades testified to a dissatisfaction with traditional disciplinary boundaries in the academy. At the same time, negative reactions to these interdisciplinary forays, most ...

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