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Author:   Judy A. Hayden
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2090
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   3.992kg
ISBN:  

9781137583451

ISBN 10:   1137583452
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   20 January 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction, 'Faln Systemes and Dead Chimæras'; Judy A. Hayden 1. Heliocentrism, Plurality of Worlds, and Ethics: Anton Francesco Doni and Giordano Bruno; Pietro Daniel Omodeo 2. Early Modern Space Travel and the English Man in the Moon; David Cressy 3. An English Renaissance Astronomy Club? Shakespeare, Observation,and the Cosmos; David H. Levy with Judy A. Hayden 4. To the Moon: Discovering the Comic in the Cosmic on the Early Modern English Stage; Gabrielle Sugar 5. Sailing to the Moon: Francis Bacon, Francis Godwin, and the First Science Fiction; Catherine Gimelli Martin 6. The Royal Society, Collective Vision, and Samuel Butler's 'The Elephant in the Moon'; J. Ereck Jarvis 7. 'Cinthia's Hero': Edward Howard's The Six days Adventure or the New Utopia; Judy A. Hayden 8. 'A new discovery of a new world': the Moon and America in Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century European Literature; Brycchan Carey 9. Astronomy, Prophecy, and Imposture in Tyssot de Patot's Voyages et avantures de Jaques Massé; Daniel J. Worden

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This collection of nine essays examines literary responses to the astronomical theories debated throughout the Early Modern period. ... this collection offers a broad look across the literature of this astronomically turbulent period, achieving a balance between examination of the wider cultural issues, and a more in-depth exploration of individual works and authors. (Nicky Atkins, The British Society for Literature and Science, August, 2016)

The essays assembled here powerfully reveal both the surprisingly enduring nature of early modern resistance to the Copernican revolution in astronomy and cosmology and the rich variety of the literary consequences of the emergence of the New Science. By drawing critical attention to a great range of topics and texts across the long-seventeenth century, this collection brings new concerns and vital insights to the current critical conversation regarding the complex and intriguing relationship between early modern science and literature. - Howard Marchitello, Professor of English, Rutgers University, USA The early modern period witnessed an extraordinary convergence of astronomy and literature. Copernicus and Galileo prompted new questions: Did the earth move? Were there more worlds than one? Might other planets be inhabited? Literary writers answered these questions, and this bracing and original collection of essays illuminates the literary response to astronomical revolution, from Europe to America, across languages and times, and will be welcomed by all students of the period. - William Poole, John Galsworthy Fellow and Tutor in English, Oxford University, UK

The essays assembled here powerfully reveal both the surprisingly enduring nature of early modern resistance to the Copernican revolution in astronomy and cosmology and the rich variety of the literary consequences of the emergence of the New Science. By drawing critical attention to a great range of topics and texts across the long-seventeenth century, this collection brings new concerns and vital insights to the current critical conversation regarding the complex and intriguing relationship between early modern science and literature. - Howard Marchitello, Professor of English, Rutgers University, USA The early modern period witnessed an extraordinary convergence of astronomy and literature. Copernicus and Galileo prompted new questions: Did the earth move? Were there more worlds than one? Might other planets be inhabited? Literary writers answered these questions, and this bracing and original collection of essays illuminates the literary response to astronomical revolution, from Europe to America, across languages and times, and will be welcomed by all students of the period. - William Poole, John Galsworthy Fellow and Tutor in English, Oxford University, UK

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Judy Hayden is Professor of English at The University of Tampa, USA.

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