Time, space, and motion in the age of Shakespeare / Angus Fletcher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fletcher, Angus, 1930-2016.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English poetry--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

English poetry.

Literature and science--England--History--17th century.

Literature and science.

Literature and science--England--History--16th century.

Motion in literature.

Renaissance--England.

Renaissance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (179 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This focused but far-reaching work by the distinguished scholar Angus Fletcher reveals how early modern science and English poetry were in many ways components of one process: discovering the secrets of motion. Beginning with the achievement of Galileo, Time, Space, and Motion identifies the problem of motion as the central cultural issue of the time, pursued through the poetry of the age, from Marlowe and Shakespeare to Ben Jonson and Milton.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1. Galileo's Metaphor

Chapter 2. The Theme of Motion

Chapter 3. On Drama, Poetry, and Movement

Chapter 4. Marlowe Invents the Deadline

Chapter 5. The Defense of the Interim

Chapter 6. Structure of an Epitaph

Chapter 7. Donne's Apocryphal Wit

Chapter 8. Milton and the Moons of Jupiter

Conclusion

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-175) and index.

ISBN:

9780674263482

0674263480

9780674027114

0674027116

OCLC:

1013956762