Format:
x, 578 Seiten
Edition:
First edition
ISBN:
9781524748135
Content:
Figuring explores the complexities of love and the human search for truth and meaning through the interconnected lives of several historical figures across four centuries—beginning with the astronomer Johannes Kepler, who discovered the laws of planetary motion, and ending with the marine biologist and author Rachel Carson, who catalyzed the environmental movement. Stretching between these figures is a cast of artists, writers, and scientists—mostly women, mostly queer—whose public contribution have risen out of their unclassifiable and often heartbreaking private relationships to change the way we understand, experience, and appreciate the universe. Among them are the astronomer Maria Mitchell, who paved the way for women in science; the sculptor Harriet Hosmer, who did the same in art; the journalist and literary critic Margaret Fuller, who sparked the feminist movement; and the poet Emily Dickinson.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781524748142
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
Keywords:
Frau
;
Literatur
;
Wissenschaft
;
Geschichte
;
Englisch
;
Frauenliteratur
;
Wissenschaftlerin
;
Künstlerin
;
Autorin
;
Geschichte
Author information:
Popova, Maria 1985-
