G. Lynall
Palgrave Macmillan UK
e druk, 2012
9780230343641
Swift and Science
The Satire, Politics and Theology of Natural Knowledge, 1690-1730
Specificaties
Gebonden, blz.
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Engels
Palgrave Macmillan UK |
e druk, 2012
ISBN13: 9780230343641
Rubricering
Levertijd ongeveer 8 werkdagen
Samenvatting
It is thought that Swift was opposed to the new science that heralded the beginning of the modern age, but this book interrogates that assumption, tracing the theological, political, and socio-cultural resonances of scientific knowledge in the early eighteenth century, and considering what they can reveal about Swift's imagination.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780230343641
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK
Hoofdrubriek:Woordenboeken en taal
Inhoudsopgave
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction: Altitudes of Authority Meditations and Mechanisms: Swift and Robert Boyle's Occasional Reflections upon Several Subjects Sinking the 'Spider's Cittadel': The Battel of the Books and Thomas Burnet's 'Philosophical Romance' of the Earth Newtonian Battels with Rising Stars and Wheeling Moons Laputian Newtons: Science, the Wood's Halfpence Affair and Gulliver's Travels Socinians and Queens: Samuel Clarke and 'Directions for a Birthday Song' Afterword Notes Bibliography Index