TY - BOOK ID - 3031419 TI - Geology and religious sentiment : the effect of geological discoveries on English society and literature between 1829 and 1859 PY - 1997 VL - 80 SN - 09208607 SN - 9004108823 9004247343 9789004108820 9789004247345 PB - Leiden, The Netherlands ; New York : Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Bible and geology KW - Geology KW - History KW - Lyell, Charles, KW - Biblical geology KW - Geology, Biblical KW - Geology and the Bible KW - Geognosy KW - Geoscience KW - Earth sciences KW - Natural history KW - Li︠a︡ĭėllʹ, Charlʹz, KW - Lei, Xiaer, KW - 雷俠兒, KW - Bible and geology - History - 19th century KW - Geology - Great Britain - History - 19th century KW - Lyell, Charles, - Sir, - 1797-1875 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3031419 AB - This book deals with reactions to geological discoveries in early nineteenth-century England. How did theologians cope with new scientific evidence of the antiquity of the world which was contrary to accepted biblical chronology? And what repercussions did this picture have on philosophers, poets and novelists? The first part of the book concentrates on Charles Lyell's religious and scientific views. This is followed by a study of William Buckland, Adam Segdwick and William Whewell, three clergymen who were also geologists. The last section explores the literary reception of the revolutionary discoveries of Lyell and his contemporaries. ER -