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- catalog abstract ""In Fiction Rivals Science, Allen Thiher describes the epistemic rivalry that the major nineteenth-century French novelists felt in dealing with science. After brief considerations of Stendhal, Thiher focuses on the four most important "realist" novelists in France: Balzac, Flaubert, Zola, and, going into the twentieth century, Proust. According to Thiher, each of these novelists considered himself to be in competition with science to make the novel an instrument for knowledge."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12264478.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""In Fiction Rivals Science, Allen Thiher describes the epistemic rivalry that the major nineteenth-century French novelists felt in dealing with science. After brief considerations of Stendhal, Thiher focuses on the four most important "realist" novelists in France: Balzac, Flaubert, Zola, and, going into the twentieth century, Proust. According to Thiher, each of these novelists considered himself to be in competition with science to make the novel an instrument for knowledge."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction to literature's encounter with science -- Balzac and the unity of knowledge -- Flaubert and the ambiguous victory of positivism -- Zola's collaborative rivalry with science -- Proust and the end of epistemic competition.".
- catalog extent "ix, 226 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Fiction rivals science.".
- catalog identifier "082621357X (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Fiction rivals science.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "English and French.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog language "engfre".
- catalog publisher "Columbia : University of Missouri Press,".
- catalog relation "Fiction rivals science.".
- catalog spatial "France.".
- catalog subject "843/.809 21".
- catalog subject "French fiction 19th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Literature and science France.".
- catalog subject "PQ653 .T48 2001".
- catalog subject "Science in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction to literature's encounter with science -- Balzac and the unity of knowledge -- Flaubert and the ambiguous victory of positivism -- Zola's collaborative rivalry with science -- Proust and the end of epistemic competition.".
- catalog title "Fiction rivals science : the French novel from Balzac to Proust / Allen Thiher.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".