Literature in the Age of Celestial Discovery - 9781137583451

The reconfiguration and relinquishing of one's conviction in a world system long held to be finite required for many in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries a compromise in one's beliefs and the biblical authority on which he or she had relied - and this did not come without serious and complex challenges. Advances in astronomy, such as the theories of Copernicus, the development of the telescope, and Galileo's discoveries and descriptions of the moon sparked intense debate in Early Modern literary discourse. The essays in this collection demonstrate that this discourse not only stimulated international discussion about lunar voyages and otherworldly habitation, but it also developed a political context in which these new discoveries and theories could correspond metaphorically to New World exploration and colonization, to socio-political unrest, and even to kingship and regicide.

Informazioni bibliografiche

• Titolo del Libro in lingua: Literature in the Age of Celestial Discovery
• Sottotitolo: From Copernicus to Flamsteed
• Lingua: English
• Autore:  Hayden Judy A. (EDT)
• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Collana: Palgrave Macmillan (Hardcover)
• Data di Pubblicazione: 20 Gennaio '16
• Genere: Lingua Inglese
• Argomenti :  Literature and science Astronomy in literature
• Pagine: 224
• Dimensioni mm: 215 x 139 x 0
• ISBN-10: 1137583452
• EAN-13: 9781137583451