The British Society for Literature and Science is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2008 book prize. The four shortlisted books are:
- Armstrong,Isobel. Victorian Glassworlds (Oxford University Press, 2008)
- Jackson, Noel. Science and Sensation in Romantic Poetry (Cambridge Studies in Romanticism, no.73) (Cambridge University Press, 2008).
- Levine, George Lewis. Realism, ethics and secularism : essays on Victorian literature and science (Cambridge University Press, 2008)
- Reiss, Benjamin. Theaters of Madness: Insane Asylums and Nineteenth-Century American Culture (University of Chicago Press, 2008)
The prize of £150 will be awarded to the best book published in 2008 in the field of literature and science. The winner will be announced at this year’s conference at Reading University.