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From: "Society for Literature & Science"
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-> Re: Modernism and Science for beginners
by Christopher Kuipers
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by Everdell@aol.com
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Date: 13 Feb 2001 09:39:57 -0800
From: Christopher Kuipers
Subject: Re: Modernism and Science for beginners
In case this is of interest to others on the list: T.S. Eliot's classic
essay "Tradition and the Individual Talent" makes an argument for the
impersonal nature of poetry, by likening the process of poetic creation
to
the catalytic reaction of platinum that produces sulfuric acid. This is
a
challenging text, but the deliberate connection between science and
literature is perhaps an attempt to overcome the "two cultures" debate
that appears already with critics like Matthew Arnold, whom Eliot hopes
to
emulate. Interestingly, Eliot gets the chemical protocal incorrect, as
the contemporary critic William Logan points out (in an essay collected
in
_Reputations of the Tongue_, 1999)--this may obviously be of interest to
a
chemist. --Best, Chris Kuipers
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On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Stephen J Weininger wrote:
> The son of a colleague, a high school student, is writing a paper on
> modernism and would like to include something about the relationship
of
> science to modernism. Does anyone know of a source that's suitable for
> someone at that level?
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
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Date: 13 Feb 2001 20:32:44 -0800
From: Everdell@aol.com
Subject: sciencemodernism SLS Email Digest
In a message dated 2/13/01, Stephen J. Weininger writes:
