Newton Demands the Muse - Marjorie Hope Nicolson

Newton Demands the Muse

Newton's Opticks and the 18th Century Poets
Buch | Hardcover
192 Seiten
2016
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-65062-3 (ISBN)
89,75 inkl. MwSt
In this book the author express more completely than in her earlier studies what were the implications for the poet of a great advance in scientific thought. Originally published in 1966. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of
In this book the author express more completely than in her earlier studies what were the implications for the poet of a great advance in scientific thought. Originally published in 1966. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

*Frontmatter, pg. i*PREFACE, pg. vii*CONTENTS, pg. xi*I. THE POPULAR RECEPTION OF THE OPTICKS, pg. 1*II. COLOR AND LIGHT IN THE DESCRIPTIVE POETS, pg. 20*III. THE PHYSICS OF LIGHT IN THE SCIENTIFIC POETS, pg. 55*IV. OPTICS AND VISION, pg. 74*V. AESTHETIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE Opticks, pg. 107*VI. METAPHYSICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE Opticks, pg. 132*EPILOGUE: THE POETIC DAMNATION OF NEWTON, pg. 165*INDEX, pg. 175

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Princeton Legacy Library
Verlagsort New Jersey
Sprache englisch
Maße 127 x 203 mm
Gewicht 312 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10 0-691-65062-4 / 0691650624
ISBN-13 978-0-691-65062-3 / 9780691650623
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