Time, space, and motion in the age of Shakespeare /
[Book]
Angus Fletcher.
Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
2007.
1 online resource (179 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-175) and index.
Galileo's metaphor -- The theme of motion -- On drama, poetry, and movement -- Marlowe invents the deadline -- The defense of the interim -- Structure of an epitaph -- Donne's apocryphal wit -- Milton and the moons of Jupiter.
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Taking us to the very heart of the enterprise of the Renaissance, this closely focused but far-reaching text reveals how early modern science and English poetry were in many ways components of one process: discovering and expressing the secrets of motion, whether in the language of mathematics or verse.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
JSTOR
22573/ctt1349jj3
Time, space, and motion in the age of Shakespeare.
English poetry-- Early modern, 1500-1700-- History and criticism.
Literature and science-- England-- History-- 16th century.
Literature and science-- England-- History-- 17th century.