Wonder & science : imagining worlds in early modern Europe /

"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 analyz...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Campbell, Mary B., 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1999.
Temas:
1500-1799
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.
Literature and science > Europe.
Lieux imaginaires > Ouvrages avant 1800 > Histoire et critique.
Cosmographie > Ouvrages avant 1800 > Histoire et critique.
Ethnologie > Ouvrages avant 1800 > Histoire et critique.
Philosophie et sciences > Europe > Histoire.
Étonnement (Philosophie) > Histoire.
Littérature et sciences > Europe.
Découvertes géographiques dans la littérature.
Littérature > 15e et 16e siècles > Histoire et critique.
REFERENCE > Questions & Answers.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
Literature and science.
Imaginary places.
Ethnology.
Cosmography.
Intellectual life.
Philosophy and science.
Wonder (Philosophy)
Ontdekkingen.
Ontdekkingsreizen.
Reisbeschrijvingen.
Didactisch proza.
Cultuurgeschiedenis.
Europe > Intellectual life > 16th century.
Europe > Intellectual life > 17th century.
Europe > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Europe > Vie intellectuelle > 16e siècle.
Europe > Vie intellectuelle > 17e siècle.
Europe > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siècle.
Europe.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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