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    Transformation of Perspective, of man and the universe from Alfred, Lord Tennyson to Thomas Hardy
    (2004) Türkoğlu, Gülşen; 01. Çankaya Üniversitesi
    The conflict between religion and science started after the Renaissance in the west and continued through the age of Copernicus and Galileo to the 19th century. During this conflict, many people especially the scientists, tried to enlighten people's minds at the cost of paying high prices. Copernicus and Galileo were among those scientists who suffered a lot from this conflict and even were accused of being against the doctrines of the Christian Church. The conflict between religion and science reached its climax during the Victorian Age, which was both called the age of scientific advancements and the age of religious controversies. Scientific findings, which conflicted with the teachings of the Bible caused a definite crisis of faith and the people of the age began questioning the meaning of life and the existence of God. Alfred, Lord Tennyson was one of these people who found himself in a profound doubt and came at the verge of loosing his former belief after reading Lyell's Principles of Geology and Chambers' Vestiges of Creation. Under the influence of scientific views of his time, Tennyson wrote his famous poem In Memoriam A.H.H which reflected all his doubts, conflicts and finally his consolation by reconciling science and faith. mIn the following decades it was Thomas Hardy who continued Tennyson's uncertainties. Although he was a devoted Christian in the first part of his life, after the publication of The Origin of Species he started to loose his former religious values. Influenced by the ideas of Darwin and Huxley, he called himself a "harmless agnostic" and became more and more cynical about the existence of God. As poets who were highly aware of the scientific advancements of their time, Tennyson and Hardy reflected these ideas through their poems.