Science, Literature and Rhetoric in Early Modern England (Literary and Scientific Cultures of Early Modernity)

Provides information on the complex relations between science, literature and rhetoric as avenues to discovery in the 17th and 18th centuries. This book examines the agency of early modern poets, playwrights, essayists, philosophers, natural philosophers and artists in remaking their culture and reforming ideas about human understanding. Editor(s): Cummins, Juliet. Series Editor(s): Crane, Professor Mary Thomas; Turner, Professor Henry S. Series: Literary and Scientific Cultures of Early Modernity. Num Pages: 256 pages, Includes 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542. . 2007. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.