Vai al contenuto principale della pagina

Light without heat : the observational mood from Bacon to Milton / / David Carroll Simon



(Visualizza in formato marc)    (Visualizza in BIBFRAME)

Autore: Simon David Carroll Visualizza persona
Titolo: Light without heat : the observational mood from Bacon to Milton / / David Carroll Simon Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Ithaca ; ; London : , : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©2018
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
Disciplina: 820.9/004
Soggetto topico: Literature and science - England - History - 17th century
English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism
Observation (Scientific method) - Englan - History - 17th century
Philosophy of nature in literature
Empiricism in literature
Soggetto geografico: England Intellectual life 17th century
Soggetto non controllato: nonchalance, affect theory, experimental science, Michel de Montaigne, renaissance literature
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Introduction : atmospheres of understanding : scientific emotion and literary criticism -- "Nonchalance" and the making of knowledge : Francis Bacon after Michel de Montaigne -- The angle of thought : Robert Boyle, Izaak Walton, and the scientific imagination -- The microscope made easy : Andrew Marvell with Henry Power -- The paradise without : John Milton in the garden.
Sommario/riassunto: In Light without Heat, David Carroll Simon argues for the importance of carelessness to the literary and scientific experiments of the seventeenth century. While scholars have often looked to this period in order to narrate the triumph of methodical rigor as a quintessentially modern intellectual value, Simon describes the appeal of open-ended receptivity to the protagonists of the new science. In straying from the work of self-possession and the duty to sift fact from fiction, early modern intellectuals discovered the cognitive advantages of the undisciplined mind. Exploring the influence of what he calls the "observational mood" on both poetry and prose, Simon offers new readings of Michel de Montaigne, Francis Bacon, Izaak Walton, Henry Power, Robert Hooke, Robert Boyle, Andrew Marvell, and John Milton. He also extends his inquiry beyond the boundaries of early modernity, arguing for a literary theory that trades strict methodological commitment for an openness to lawless drift.
Titolo autorizzato: Light without heat  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-5017-2342-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910816038603321
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui