The Poesy of Scientia in Early Modern England
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The Poesy of Scientia in Early Modern England

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The Poesy of Scientia in Early Modern England

About this book

This book explores interconnections between the modes of knowing that we now associate with the rubrics 'literature' and 'science' at a formative point in their early development. Rather than simply tracing lines of influence, it focuses on how both literary texts and natural philosophy engage with materiality, language, affect, and form. Some essays are invested in how early modern science adopts and actively experiments with rhetorical and poetic modes and expression, while others emphasize a shared investment in natural philosophical topicsā€”alchemy, chance, or astrology for exampleā€”that move among the period's observational texts and its literature, highlighting the participation of literary texts in the production of experimental knowledge. Organised around the broad themes of creation and transformation, mediation and communication, and interpretation and imaginative speculation, the essays collectively probe the presumed dichotomy between science's schematizing and taxonomic ambitions, and the fertile and volatile creative energies of literary texts.

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Yes, you can access The Poesy of Scientia in Early Modern England by Subha Mukherji,Elizabeth L. Swann in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Literature & European Literary Criticism. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2024
Print ISBN
9783031517990
eBook ISBN
9783031518003
Edition
0
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
European Literary Criticism
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Front Matter
  3. IntroductionPoesy and Scientia: Matters of Fancy
  4. Part I. The Poetics of Alchemy: Making, Metaphor, Transmutation
  5. Part II. Forms of Fortune: Prognostication, Communication, Mercantilism
  6. Part III. Reading Nature and Scripture: Interpretation, Speculation, Imagination
  7. Weaving a Web of Light:Ā Final Thoughts aboutĀ Scienceā€™s Poetics
  8. Back Matter