Wonder and 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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Campbell, Mary B., 1954-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1999.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Cultuurgeschiedenis.
Didactisch proza.
Reisbeschrijvingen.
Ontdekkingsreizen.
Ontdekkingen.
Wonder (Philosophy)
Philosophy and science.
Intellectual life.
Cosmography.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
REFERENCE > Questions & Answers.
Litterature > 15e et 16e siecles > Histoire et critique.
Decouvertes geographiques dans la litterature.
Litterature et sciences > Europe.
Étonnement (Philosophie) > Histoire.
Philosophie et sciences > Europe > Histoire.
Ethnologie > Ouvrages avant 1800 > Histoire et critique.
Cosmographie > Ouvrages avant 1800 > Histoire et critique.
Lieux imaginaires > Ouvrages avant 1800 > Histoire et critique.
Literature and science > Europe.
Ethnology > Early works to 1800 > History and criticism.
Imaginary places > Early works to 1800 > History and criticism.
Wonder (Philosophy) > History.
Philosophy and science > Europe > History.
Cosmography > Early works to 1800 > History and criticism.
Europe.
Europe > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siecle.
Europe > Vie intellectuelle > 17e siecle.
Europe > Vie intellectuelle > 16e siecle.
Europe > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Europe > Intellectual life > 17th century.
Europe > Intellectual life > 16th century.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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