Tita Chico
Biographic Data
| ID | 389141 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tita Chico |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tita |
| FAMILY NAME | Chico |
| SIGNATURE | CHICO T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maryland, College Park |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6729-6550 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
On Wonder: Literature and Science in the Long Eighteenth Century
This is an Element about wonder − as an object, as a feeling, as an invitation to study, and as a way of thinking in both literary and scientific texts of the long eighteenth century. Wonder is at the heart of natural philosophical inquiry in the long eighteenth century, its inaugural provocation, its long-standing problematic. Yet wonder requires observation and imagination, operating together, if uneasily, to give shape to forms of scientific, …
Nervous Fictions: Literary Form and the Enlightenment Origins of Neuroscience by Jess Keiser
Reviewed by: Nervous Fictions: Literary Form and the Enlightenment Origins of Neuroscience by Jess Keiser Tita Chico (bio) Jess Keiser, Nervous Fictions: Literary Form and the Enlightenment Origins of Neuroscience. University of Virginia Press, 2020. Nervous Fictions: Literary Form and the Enlightenment Origins of Neuroscience takes up a perennial philosophical question—how do we know?—but asks this in the context of early English scientific prac…
Science and Medicine
The titles reviewed in this chapter concern science and medicine studies. They represent work drawn from a variety of contexts and disciplinary perspectives, including science and technology, the history of science, literary studies, critical race theory, public health, the philosophy of science, law, ethnography, anthropology, architecture, and geology. The chapter has five sections: 1. Histories and Historicity; 2. Epistemology and Disseminatio…
Science and Medicine
The titles reviewed in this chapter concern science and medicine studies. They represent work drawn from a variety of contexts and disciplinary perspectives, including science and technology, the history of science, literary studies, critical race theory, medical humanities, cultural anthropology, public health, the philosophy of science, transnationalism, media studies, archive studies, and book history. The chapter opens with 1. Notable Books—e…
Putrefaction as Optical Technology
James Thomson’s The Seasons is arguably a poem about seeing—its practices, theories, and connotations. Much lauded for its visual qualities, The Seasons reflects a unique adaptation of the natural philosophical discourse of putrefaction. Thomson’s cautiously optimistic view of experimental philosophy is evident in portions of The Seasons devoted to optical technology, such as the microscope and the prism. In addition to this focus on the material…
Introduction Atlantic Worlds in the Long Eighteenth Century
Atlantic Worlds in the Long Eighteenth Century: Seduction and Sentiment
Innovative and multidisciplinary, this collection of essays marks out the future of Atlantic Studies, making visible the emphases and purposes now emerging within this vital comparative field. The con
From the Temple to the Castle: An Architectural History of British Literature, 1660-1760
The Arts of Beauty: Women's Cosmetics and Pope's Ekphrasis
Research Article| January 01 2002 The Arts of Beauty: Women's Cosmetics and Pope's Ekphrasis Tita Chico Tita Chico Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Eighteenth-Century Life (2002) 26 (1): 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1215/00982601-26-1-1 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Permissions Cite Icon Cite Sear…
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From the Temple to the Castle: An Architectural History of British Literature, 1660-1760
The Arts of Beauty: Women's Cosmetics and Pope's Ekphrasis
Research Article| January 01 2002 The Arts of Beauty: Women's Cosmetics and Pope's Ekphrasis Tita Chico Tita Chico Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Eighteenth-Century Life (2002) 26 (1): 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1215/00982601-26-1-1 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Permissions Cite Icon Cite Sear…
Atlantic Worlds in the Long Eighteenth Century: Seduction and Sentiment
Innovative and multidisciplinary, this collection of essays marks out the future of Atlantic Studies, making visible the emphases and purposes now emerging within this vital comparative field. The con
Introduction Atlantic Worlds in the Long Eighteenth Century
Putrefaction as Optical Technology
James Thomson’s The Seasons is arguably a poem about seeing—its practices, theories, and connotations. Much lauded for its visual qualities, The Seasons reflects a unique adaptation of the natural philosophical discourse of putrefaction. Thomson’s cautiously optimistic view of experimental philosophy is evident in portions of The Seasons devoted to optical technology, such as the microscope and the prism. In addition to this focus on the material…
Science and Medicine
The titles reviewed in this chapter concern science and medicine studies. They represent work drawn from a variety of contexts and disciplinary perspectives, including science and technology, the history of science, literary studies, critical race theory, medical humanities, cultural anthropology, public health, the philosophy of science, transnationalism, media studies, archive studies, and book history. The chapter opens with 1. Notable Books—e…
Science and Medicine
The titles reviewed in this chapter concern science and medicine studies. They represent work drawn from a variety of contexts and disciplinary perspectives, including science and technology, the history of science, literary studies, critical race theory, public health, the philosophy of science, law, ethnography, anthropology, architecture, and geology. The chapter has five sections: 1. Histories and Historicity; 2. Epistemology and Disseminatio…
Nervous Fictions: Literary Form and the Enlightenment Origins of Neuroscience by Jess Keiser
Reviewed by: Nervous Fictions: Literary Form and the Enlightenment Origins of Neuroscience by Jess Keiser Tita Chico (bio) Jess Keiser, Nervous Fictions: Literary Form and the Enlightenment Origins of Neuroscience. University of Virginia Press, 2020. Nervous Fictions: Literary Form and the Enlightenment Origins of Neuroscience takes up a perennial philosophical question—how do we know?—but asks this in the context of early English scientific prac…
On Wonder: Literature and Science in the Long Eighteenth Century
This is an Element about wonder − as an object, as a feeling, as an invitation to study, and as a way of thinking in both literary and scientific texts of the long eighteenth century. Wonder is at the heart of natural philosophical inquiry in the long eighteenth century, its inaugural provocation, its long-standing problematic. Yet wonder requires observation and imagination, operating together, if uneasily, to give shape to forms of scientific, …
History (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · History of Science and Medicine (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works)