The dark side of nature : science, society, and the fantastic in the work of Odilon Redon / Barbara Larson.

University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2005], ©2005.

xviii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 25 x 29 cm.

Science and romantic naturalism in the early work of Redon : 1855-1870 -- Nationalism, naturalism, fantastique réel -- Evolution and degeneration -- The microbe -- Cosmos -- The unconscious mind and the dream -- Scientific fantasy in context -- The natural, the spiritual, and the ideal : the 1890s.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-242) and index.