| Science, Reading, and Renaissance Literature: The Art of Making Knowledge, 1580 1670 Contributor(s): Spiller, Elizabeth (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521037689 ISBN-13: 9780521037686 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $64.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2007 Annotation: This monograph documents the development of two cultures and disciplines: science and literature--through a shared aesthetic of knowledge. It brings together key works in early modern science and imaginative literature, ranging from the anatomy of William Harvey and the experimentalism of William Gilbert to the fiction of Philip Sidney, Edmund Spenser and Margaret Cavendish. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 820.936 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 6" W x 9" (0.76 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
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Contributor Bio(s): Spiller, Elizabeth: - Elizabeth Spiller is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at the Department of English, Texas Christian University. She has published in a number of journals including Renaissance Quarterly, Criticism, Studies in English Literature, and Modern Language Quarterly. |