Title Wonder & science : imagining worlds in early modern Europe / Mary Baine Campbell

Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 366 pages) : illustrations, 1 map Contents I. Introduction -- pt. I. Imagination and Discipline. II. Travel Writing and Ethnographic Pleasure: Andre Thevet and America, Part I. III. The Nature of Things and the Vexations of Art -- pt. II. Alternative Worlds. IV. On the Infinite Universe and the Innumerable Worlds. V. A World in the Moon: Celestial Fictions of Francis Godwin and Cyrano de Bergerac. VI. Outside In: Hooke, Cavendish, and the Invisible Worlds -- pt. III. The Arts of Anthropology. VII. Anthropometamorphosis: Manners, Customs, Fashions, and Monsters. VIII. "My Travels to the other World": Aphra Behn and Surinam. IX. E Pluribus Unum: Lafitau's Moeurs des sauvages ameriquains and Enlightenment Ethnology. Coda: The Wild Child Summary "During the early modern period, western Europe was transformed by the proliferation of new worlds - geographic worlds found in the voyages of discovery as well as conceptual and celestial worlds opened by natural philosophy, or science."--BOOK JACKET. "Campbell's new book analyzes a cross section of texts in which worlds were made and unmade; these texts include cosmographics, colonial reports, works of natural philosophy and natural history, fantastic voyages, exotic fictions, and confessions."--BOOK JACKET. "With more than thirty well-chosen illustrations, Wonder and Science enhances our understanding of the culture of early modern Europe, the history of science, and the development of literary forms, including the novel and ethnography."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-352) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Blutiger Jupiter Musikgruppe Europa Imaginary places -- Early works to 1800 -- History and criticism Cosmography -- Early works to 1800 -- History and criticism Ethnology -- Early works to 1800 -- History and criticism Philosophy and science -- Europe -- History Wonder (Philosophy) -- History Imaginary places -- Early works to 1800 -- History and criticism Ethnology -- Early works to 1800 -- History and criticism Literature and science -- Europe 17.76 history of world literature. 15.59 history of great parts of the world, peoples, civilizations: other. REFERENCE -- Questions & Answers. HISTORY -- Europe -- General. Literature and science Imaginary places Ethnology Cosmography Intellectual life Philosophy and science Wonder (Philosophy) Englisch Fabeltiere Französisch Illustration Literatur Neuzeit Reiseliteratur Volk Motiv Weltbild Ontdekkingen. Ontdekkingsreizen. Reisbeschrijvingen. Didactisch proza. Cultuurgeschiedenis. Literatur -- Geschichte Neuzeit Kultur -- Europa -- Geschichte Neuzeit Englisch Französisch Reiseliteratur Ethnology -- Early works to 1800 -- History and criticism. Science -- Philosophy -- History. Imaginary places -- Early works to 1800 -- History and criticism. Cosmography -- Early works to 1800 -- History and criticism. Wonder (Philosophy) -- History. Littérature anglaise 16e siècle-18e siècle Littérature française Ethnologie Récits de voyages Sciences découverte géographique Europe -- Intellectual life -- 16th century Europe -- Intellectual life -- 17th century. Europe -- Intellectual life -- 18th century. Europe Europa Europe -- Intellectual life. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book LC no. 99029103 ISBN 9781501705069 1501705067 1501705059 9781501705052

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