Francis Bacon's New Atlantis

New Interdisciplinary Essays

AvBronwen Price

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

Del i serien Texts in Culture

329 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar. Fri frakt över 249 kr.

Beskrivning

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. 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.An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2003-05-08
Mått:138 x 216 x 12 mm
Vikt:263 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Texts in Culture
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:Manchester University Press
ISBN:9780719060526

Utforska kategorier

Mer om författaren

Jeff Wallace is Lecturer in Contemporary English Literature at Cardiff Metropolitan University John Whale is Professor of Romantic Literature at the University of Leeds

Innehållsförteckning

Series introduction; Acknowledgements; Chronology; 1. Introduction - Bronwen Price; 2. Narrative contexts for The New Atlantis - Paul Salzman; 3. Persuasions to science: Baconian rhetoric and The New Atlantis - Sarah Hutton; 4. Ethics and politics in The New Atlantis - David Colclough; 5. Natural knowledge in The new Atlantis - Richard Serjeantson; 6. On the miracles in Bacon's The New Atlantis - Jerry Weinberger; 7. 'Books will speak plain'? Colonialism, Jewishness and politics in The New Atlantis - Claire Jowitt; 8. 'Strange things so probably told': Gender, sexual difference and knowledge in The New Atlantis - Kate Aughterson; 9. Censorship and the institution of knowledge in The New Atlantis - Simon Wortham; Notes on contributors; Select bibliography