The poetics of scientific investigation in seventeenth-century England / / Claire Preston |
Autore | Preston Claire |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 recurso online : illustrations (black and white) |
Disciplina | 808.0666 |
Soggetto topico |
Escritura científica - Historia - Siglo XVII
Technical writing - History - 17th century Didactic literature - History and criticism Science in literature - History - 17th century |
ISBN | 0-19-178013-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction--'A distemper of learning' : the languages of science -- Orlando Curioso : the lapsarian style of Thomas Browne -- Equivocal Boyle and the enamelled telescope -- 'A blessing in the wilderness' : fictions of polity and the place of science -- Dining out in the republic of letters : the rhetoric of scientific correspondence -- The counsel of herbs : scientific georgic. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910157836203321 |
Preston Claire | ||
Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The puritan and the cynic [[electronic resource] ] : moralists and theorists in French and American letters / / Jefferson Humphries |
Autore | Humphries Jefferson <1955-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1987 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (126 p.) |
Disciplina |
810.9353
810/.9/353 |
Soggetto topico |
French literature - History and criticism
Ethics in literature Literature and morals Didactic literature - History and criticism Aphorisms and apothegms - History and criticism American literature - History and criticism Comparative literature - French and American Comparative literature - American and French |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-52318-2
0-19-536473-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 1 Introduction: The Golden Age of Aphorism; The Mad Judge, or Manners without Morals: From La Rochefoucauld's mot juste to Chamfort's mot fou; The World According to Poor Richard; 2 Aphorism and Theology: Blaise Pascal, Cotton Mather, Jonathan Edwards, and the Sorcery of Rhetoric; 3 Aphorism and Literary Epistemology: Maurice Blanchot, Paul de Man, and Marcel Proust; 4 Aphorism and Criticism: Deconstruction and the Commonplace Tradition; 5 Aphorism and Fable: La Fontaine and Joel Chandler Harris; 6 Aphorism and Modern Poetry: The Advent of the Antimaxim; 7 Afterword; Works Cited
IndexA; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Z |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458149403321 |
Humphries Jefferson <1955-> | ||
New York, : Oxford University Press, 1987 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The puritan and the cynic : moralists and theorists in French and American letters / / Jefferson Humphries |
Autore | Humphries Jefferson <1955-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1987 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 113 pages) |
Disciplina |
810.9353
810/.9/353 |
Soggetto topico |
French literature - History and criticism
Ethics in literature Literature and morals Didactic literature - History and criticism Aphorisms and apothegms - History and criticism American literature - History and criticism Comparative literature - French and American Comparative literature - American and French |
ISBN |
1-280-52318-2
0-19-536473-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; 1 Introduction: The Golden Age of Aphorism; The Mad Judge, or Manners without Morals: From La Rochefoucauld's mot juste to Chamfort's mot fou; The World According to Poor Richard; 2 Aphorism and Theology: Blaise Pascal, Cotton Mather, Jonathan Edwards, and the Sorcery of Rhetoric; 3 Aphorism and Literary Epistemology: Maurice Blanchot, Paul de Man, and Marcel Proust; 4 Aphorism and Criticism: Deconstruction and the Commonplace Tradition; 5 Aphorism and Fable: La Fontaine and Joel Chandler Harris; 6 Aphorism and Modern Poetry: The Advent of the Antimaxim; 7 Afterword; Works Cited; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784883403321 |
Humphries Jefferson <1955-> | ||
New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1987 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The puritan and the cynic : moralists and theorists in French and American letters / / Jefferson Humphries |
Autore | Humphries Jefferson <1955-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1987 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 113 pages) |
Disciplina |
810.9353
810/.9/353 |
Soggetto topico |
French literature - History and criticism
Ethics in literature Literature and morals Didactic literature - History and criticism Aphorisms and apothegms - History and criticism American literature - History and criticism Comparative literature - French and American Comparative literature - American and French |
ISBN |
1-280-52318-2
0-19-536473-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; 1 Introduction: The Golden Age of Aphorism; The Mad Judge, or Manners without Morals: From La Rochefoucauld's mot juste to Chamfort's mot fou; The World According to Poor Richard; 2 Aphorism and Theology: Blaise Pascal, Cotton Mather, Jonathan Edwards, and the Sorcery of Rhetoric; 3 Aphorism and Literary Epistemology: Maurice Blanchot, Paul de Man, and Marcel Proust; 4 Aphorism and Criticism: Deconstruction and the Commonplace Tradition; 5 Aphorism and Fable: La Fontaine and Joel Chandler Harris; 6 Aphorism and Modern Poetry: The Advent of the Antimaxim; 7 Afterword; Works Cited; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820972103321 |
Humphries Jefferson <1955-> | ||
New York, : Oxford University Press, 1987 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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