The machine in the text : science and literature in the age of Shakespeare and Galileo / Howard Marchitello.
| Author/creator | Marchitello, Howard |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011. |
| Description | [xi], 236 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : science studies and early modern literature and culture -- Gray's Inn revels, 1594-5 -- Hamlet's machine -- Galileo's telescope -- John Donne's new science writing -- Nature's art -- Time's arrow -- Conclusion : being archaic. |
| Abstract | Critical examination of the relationship between literature and science--and more broadly, art and nature--in the early modern period. Draws on major writers of the period to redefine literature and art as knowledge-producing activities and recast emerging sciences as imaginative, creative, and literary. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [220]-230) and index. |
| LCCN | 2011929388 |
| ISBN | 9780199608058 |
| ISBN | 0199608059 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PR408.S34 M37 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |