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Longlisted for the British Society for Literature and Science book prize of 2007. 'In this skillfully crafted and beautifully written book, Pamela Gossin bridges the two cultures of science and the humanities by analyzing Thomas Hardy's astronomical allusions and placing them in the context of nineteenth-century ideas. Thomas Hardy's Novel Universe provides a new approach to interpreting Hardy's fiction against the background of what Hardy may have understood about the Victorian cosmos. This work will appeal not only to scholars in the history of science and literature, but will attract the general reader as well.' Marilyn Ogilvie, University of Oklahoma, USA '... a fascinating and deeply illuminating book... excellent background material on the key intellectual issues of the day... I warmly recommend this work, not only to lovers of Hardy's novels, but also to anyone interested in the history of 19th-century astronomy and its place within the wider schema of the sciences as they were then understood. For Pamela Gossin's book is a well-written, jargon-free history of scientific and literary thought, as expressed through the writings of Thomas Hardy... This book is strongly commended to anyone interested in Thomas Hardy's writings and 19th-century astronomy generally.' The Observatory 'Pamela Gossin's study of Thomas Hardy and astronomy is a pleasure to read and a welcome addition to the scholarship on Victorian science and literature. It will appeal both to literary scholars and historians of science. ...Gossin's sophisticated study of Hardy's astronomy and cosmology is to be read and admired.' Victorian Studies

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Pamela Gossin, who holds a double PhD in History of Science and English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is Associate Professor of History of Science and Literary Studies and Director of Medical and Scientific Humanities (MaSH) at the University of Texas-Dallas. Her publications include An Encyclopedia of Literature and Science (2002) and numerous articles and chapters on the interrelations of literature, culture, and science.

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