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Francis Bacon's New Atlantis ; : new interdisciplinary essays / / Bronwen Price, editor



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Autore: Price Bronwen Visualizza persona
Titolo: Francis Bacon's New Atlantis ; : new interdisciplinary essays / / Bronwen Price, editor Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Manchester University Press, 2003
Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2018
©2002
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Disciplina: 824.3
Soggetto topico: English literature - History and criticism
Soggetto non controllato: literature
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Persona (resp. second.): PriceBronwen
Note generali: First published: 2002.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sommario/riassunto: The New Atlantis has fired the imaginations of its readers since its original appearance in 1627. Often regarded as the apotheosis of Bacon's ideas through its depiction of an advanced 'scientific' society, it is also read as a seminal work of science fiction. Standing at the threshold of early modern culture, this key text incorporates the practical and visionary, utility and utopia. This volume of eight new essays by leading scholars provides a stimulating dialogue between a range of critical perspectives. Encompassing the fields of cultural history, history of science, literature and politics, the collection explores The New Atlantis' complex location within Bacon's oeuvre and its negotiations with cultural debates of the past and present. Contributors consider the book's use of rhetoric, its narrative contexts, its political and ethical implications, its relation to the natural knowledge of the period, and the function of miracles in New Atlantan society. The politics of colonialism and Jewish toleration, its complex representation of gender, and the role and politics of censorship are also explored. This volume will be the ideal companion to Bacon's The New Atlantis and for all students of literature, politics, history, cultural history and history of science.
Titolo autorizzato: Francis Bacon's New Atlantis  Visualizza cluster
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
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Serie: Texts in culture.