James Hutton's Geological Tours of Scotland: Romanticism, Literary Strategies, and the Scientific Quest

Autor/in	Furniss, Tom
Titel	James Hutton's Geological Tours of Scotland: Romanticism, Literary Strategies, and the Scientific Quest
Quelle	In: Science & Education, 23 (2014) 3, S.565-588 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0926-7220
DOI	10.1007/s11191-012-9464-6
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Geology; Eighteenth Century Literature; Literary Devices; Discovery Processes; Romanticism; Science History; Travel; United Kingdom (Scotland) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Historische Geologie; Literaturarbeit; Romantik; History of science; Wissenschaftsgeschichte; Travelling; Reisen; Reise
Abstract	Rather than focussing on the relationship between science and literature, this article attempts to read scientific writing as literature. It explores a somewhat neglected element of the story of the emergence of geology in the late eighteenth century--James Hutton's unpublished accounts of the tours of Scotland that he undertook in the years 1785-1788 in search of empirical evidence for his theory of the earth. Attention to Hutton's use of literary techniques and conventions highlights the ways these texts dramatise the journey of scientific discovery and allow Hutton's readers to imagine that they were virtual participants in the geological quest, conducted by a savant whose self-fashioning made him a reliable guide through Scotland's geomorphology and the landscapes of deep time. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10