The refracted muse : literature and optics in early modern Spain /

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Galileo never set foot on the Iberian Peninsula, yet, as Enrique García Santo-Tomás unfolds in The Refracted Muse, the news of his work with telescopes brought him to surprising prominence--not just among Spaniards working in the developing science of optometry but among creative writers as well....

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: García Santo-Tomás, Enrique (Author)
Other Authors: Barletta, Vincent (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Español
Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
Subjects:
1500-1700
Spanish fiction > Classical period, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Literature and science > Spain > History > 17th century.
Science > Spain > History > 17th century.
Littérature et sciences > Espagne > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Sciences > Espagne > Histoire > 17e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Literature and science
Science
Spanish fiction > Classical period
Spain
Baroque.
Galileo Galilei.
Spain.
literature.
optics.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Observations
  • Foundations
  • Assimilations
  • Inscriptions
  • Situations
  • Explorations
  • Interventions
  • Reverberations.

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