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As one of a series of studies, this collection of essays applies what is now known of natural history to selected literary texts that assume a more human-centered perspective. Compared to what, for instance, Milton and the metaphysical poets took for granted, the now well-established cosmos is going on fourteen billion years along, comprised of billions of galaxies, and expected to continue many times its current age. That isn't much like what prominent literary traditions took for granted.

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Harold Toliver is a retired Professor of English, American, and Comparative Literature at the University of California and author of numerous books in literary history and theory. He has held various positions over the years, from Teaching Assistant to Professor at Johns Hopkins, the University of Washington, Ohio State University, and UCLA. His publications include The Past That Poets Make and Animate Illusions. After retiring, he has turned primarily to interdisciplinary matters that link the humanities to the sciences. That work has concentrated mainly on the extent of the natural continuum and the perspective it gives on various cultural myths and literary traditions.

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