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Scientific discourse in John Donne's eschatological poetry / by Ludmila Makuchowska.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Makuchowska, Ludmila, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Donne, John, 1572-1631--Criticism and interpretation.
- Donne, John.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (148 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Scientific Discourse in John Donne's Eschatological Poetry offers a compelling critique of John Donne's religious and erotic poetry, focusing on the intersection of two seemingly antithetical discourses: the language of the scientific revolution and of Christian eschatology. Throughout its three chapters, which correspond to three scientific disciplines - cartography, physics and alchemy - the volume examines the ways in which the references to early modern and medieval science in Donne's poe...
- Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CONCLUSION; WORKS CITED; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 29, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-6975-9
- OCLC:
- 893739505
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