Signs of Science: Literature, Science, and Spanish Modernity since 1868

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SIGNS OF SCIENCE ..,.,. Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures Editorial Board Floyd F.Merrell, Series Editor Jeanette Beer Paul B. Dixon Howard Mancing Anthony Julian Tamburri Allen G. Wood Associate Editors French Paul Benhamou Willard Bohn Gerard J. Brault Germaine Bree Mary Ann Caws Gerard Defaux Floyd F. Gray Milorad R. MargitiC Glyn P. Norton Allan H. Pasco Gerald Prince David Lee Rubin English Showalter Italian Fiora A. Bassanese Peter Carravetta Benjamin Lawton Franco Masciandaro Luso-Brazilian Fred M. Clark Marta Peixoto Ricardo da Silveira Lobo Sternberg Spanish and Spanish American Maryellen Bieder Catherine Connor Ivy A. Corfis Frederick A. de Armas Edward Friedman Charles Ganelin David T. Gies Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria Patricia Hatt David K. Herzberger Emily Hicks Djelal Kadir Lucille Kerr Alberto Moreiras Randolph D. Pope Francisco Ruiz Ramon Elzbieta Sklodowska Mario Valdes Howard Young volume 22 SIGNS OF SCIENCE Literature, Science, and Spanish Modernity . since 1868 Dale J. Pratt Purdue University Press West Lafayette, Indiana Copyright ©2001 by Purdue Research Foundation. All rights reserved. 05 04 03 02 01 5 4 3 2 @The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. Printed in the United States of America Design by Anita Noble Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Pratt, Dale J., 1965Signs of science: literature, science, and Spanish modernity since 1868 / Dale Pratt. p. cm. - (Purdue studies in Romance literatures; v. 22) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-55753-221-4 (casebound) 1. Spanish literature-20th century-History and criticism 2. Spanish literature-19th century-History and criticism. 3. Science in literature. 4. Literature and science-Spain. I. Title. II. Series. PQ6073.S33 p73 2001 860.9'356-dc21 00-056013 Para ValerieCerrar podni ... ...