Le récit de voyage à l’orée du romantisme

This article presents a panorama of writings on scientific research in the romantic period. In a travel literature that seeks to both please and to educate, the approaches to travel narratives of a scientific nature differ and demonstrate divergent aims. Two positions of this literature stand out: o...

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Main Author: Roland Le Huenen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université Clermont Auvergne 2014-03-01
Series:Viatica
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/viatica/398
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Summary:This article presents a panorama of writings on scientific research in the romantic period. In a travel literature that seeks to both please and to educate, the approaches to travel narratives of a scientific nature differ and demonstrate divergent aims. Two positions of this literature stand out: one consists of the writer-traveller fading away to make way for the unique object of the narrative; the other, marking an epistemological shift, favours the meditation of the gaze.
ISSN:2275-0827