Literature in the Age of Celestial Discovery [electronic resource] : From Copernicus to Flamsteed / edited by Judy A. Hayden.
Literature in the Age of Celestial Discovery
Erişim Adresi
ISBN
9781137568038 978-1-137-56803-8
Yer Numarası
EK/2472
Basım Bildirimi
1st ed. 2016.
Yayın Bilgisi
New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Fiziksel Niteleme
IX, 224 p. online resource.
Dizi
Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine, 2634-6443
Özet, vb.
The reconfiguration and relinquishing of one's conviction in a world system long held to be finite required for many in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries a compromise in one's beliefs and the biblical authority on which he or she had relied - and this did not come without serious and complex challenges. Advances in astronomy, such as the theories of Copernicus, the development of the telescope, and Galileo's discoveries and descriptions of the moon sparked intense debate in Early Modern literary discourse. The essays in this collection demonstrate that this discourse not only stimulated international discussion about lunar voyages and otherworldly habitation, but it also developed a political context in which these new discoveries and theories could correspond metaphorically to New World exploration and colonization, to socio-political unrest, and even to kingship and regicide.
Konu
European literature.
European literature __ Renaissance, 1450-1600.
Literature __ Philosophy.
Culture __ Study and teaching.
Literature __ History and criticism.
European Literature.
Early Modern and Renaissance Literature.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
Literary History.
European literature __ Renaissance, 1450-1600.
Literature __ Philosophy.
Culture __ Study and teaching.
Literature __ History and criticism.
European Literature.
Early Modern and Renaissance Literature.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
Literary History.
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Kurum Adı
SpringerLink (Online service)
