Margherita Sarrocchi's Letters to Galileo: Astronomy, Astrology, and Poetics in Seventeenth-Century Italy
Author:   Meredith K. Ray
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
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9781137597694


Pages:   98
Publication Date:   28 May 2016
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Meredith K. Ray
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.289kg
ISBN:  

9781137597694


ISBN 10:   1137597690
Pages:   98
Publication Date:   28 May 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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TABLE OF CONTENTS     I. Introduction   II. Astronomy, Astrology, and Poetics in Seventeenth-Century Italy   1. Sarrocchi and Galileo in Rome 2. Science and the Scanderbeide 3. Sarrocchi’s Scanderbeide and Galileo’s “Enemy Eye” 4. The Controversy Over Galileo’s “Medicean Stars” 5. Reading the Stars 6. Diverging Paths   III. Letters of Margherita Sarrocchi and Galileo (With Three Related Letters)   

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“The slim volume will be a resource not just for readers and researchers but also for classroom discussion, where the letters could serve as great primary sources to feature in a number of course contexts. Enjoy!” (Carla Nappi, New Books network, newbooksnetwork.com, March, 2017)


The slim volume will be a resource not just for readers and researchers but also for classroom discussion, where the letters could serve as great primary sources to feature in a number of course contexts. Enjoy! (Carla Nappi, New Books network, newbooksnetwork.com, March, 2017)


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Meredith K. Ray is Associate Professor of Italian at the University of Delaware, USA. She is the author of Daughters of Alchemy: Women and Scientific Culture in Early Modern Italy and Writing Gender: Women’s Letter Collections of the Italian Renaissance.      

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