Title Science, reading, and Renaissance literature : the art of making knowledge, 1580-1670 / Elizabeth Spiller

Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 214 pages) : illustrations Series Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 45 Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 45. Contents Introduction : making early modern science and literature -- 1. Model worlds : Philip Sidney, William Gilbert, and the experiment of worldmaking -- 2. From embryology to parthenogenesis : the birth of the writer in Edmund Spenser and William Harvey -- 3. Reading through Galileo's telescope : Johannes Kepler's dream for reading knowledge -- 4. Books written of the wonders of these glasses : Thomas Hobbes, Robert Hooke, and Margaret Cavendish's theory of reading -- Afterword : fiction and the Sokal hoax Summary Brings together key works in early modern science and literature (from the anatomy of William Harvey and the experimentalism of William Gilbert to the fictions of Philip Sidney, Edmund Spenser, and Margaret Cavendish) to explore how two cultures and disciplines, science and literature, developed through a shared aesthetic of knowledge Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630. SUBJECT Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630 fast Subject English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism Science in literature. Literature and science -- England -- History -- 17th century Literature and science -- England -- History -- 16th century Books and reading -- England -- History -- 16th century Books and reading -- England -- History -- 17th century Renaissance -- England LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Books and reading English literature -- Early modern Intellectual life Literature and science Renaissance Science in literature Wetenschappen. Letterkunde. Engels. Renaissance. SUBJECT Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 16th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056853 Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 17th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056854 Subject England Great Britain Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book LC no. 2003064600 ISBN 0511195273 9780511195273 9780521830867 0521830869 0511195931 9780511195938 0511194609 9780511194603 9780511193866 0511193866 9780511484018 0511484011 9786610477852 661047785X

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