Abstract
In his cosmological epic Man, Ronald Duncan attempted to bridge the perceived divide between science and poetry. To do so, he had to find an aesthetically effective way to incorporate scientific data into poetry while using the form of the modernist long poem to replicate the insatiable processes of enquiry that he saw as defining science itself. Duncan’s dialogic engagement with science and scientists instigated in turn the creation of a new kind of reference work, The Encyclopaedia of Ignorance, sharing and promoting the same conception of science as Man itself.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 511-523 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Interdisciplinary Science Reviews |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 16 Aug 2023 |
Bibliographical note
This article appeared in a special issue of Interdisciplinary Science Reviews co-edited by Holmes. Holmes and Gamez-Perez both edited each article in the issue, as well as determining the contents and sequence of the issue as a whole.Keywords
- Ronald Duncan
- epic
- encyclopaedia
- poetics
- science
- modernism
- cosmology
- ‘Two Cultures' debate