Heinrich Schirmbeck and the Two Cultures: A Post-War German Writer's Approach to Science and Literature

by Cynthia L. Appl and Horst S. Daemmrich

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Heinrich Schirmbeck (b. 1915), Germany's most prolific post-war writer on the subject of science and literature, sensed the diminishing relevance of literature in the scientific era. He developed a new poetics for the scientific age and anticipated the major ideas of the Two Cultures debate of C. P. Snow and F. R. Leavis. In his fiction, Schirmbeck explored both the promise and the dangers of science. In this, he predated more well-known German authors...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0820437379

ISBN13:9780820437378

Release Date:April 1998

Publisher:Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi

Length:160 Pages

Related Subjects

Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology

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