Margherita Sarrocchi's Letters to Galileo

Astronomy, Astrology, and Poetics in Seventeenth-Century Italy

AvMeredith K. Ray

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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This book examines a pivotal moment in the history of science and women’s place in it. Meredith Ray offers the first in-depth study and complete English translation of the fascinating correspondence between Margherita Sarrocchi (1560-1617), a natural philosopher and author of the epic poem, Scanderbeide (1623), and famed astronomer, Galileo Galilei. Their correspondence, undertaken soon after the publication of Galileo’s Sidereus Nuncius, reveals how Sarrocchi approached Galileo for his help revising her epic poem, offering, in return, her endorsement of his recent telescopic discoveries. Situated against the vibrant and often contentious backdrop of early modern intellectual and academic culture, their letters illustrate, in miniature, that the Scientific Revolution was, in fact, the product of a long evolution with roots in the deep connections between literary and scientific exchanges.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-05-30
Mått:148 x 210 x 6 mm
Vikt:141 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine
Antal sidor:98
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781349955770

Utforska kategorier

Astronomi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

Meredith K. Ray is Associate Professor of Italian at the University of Delaware, USA. She is the author of Daughters of Alchemy: Women and Scientific Culture in Early Modern Italy and Writing Gender: Women’s Letter Collections of the Italian Renaissance.

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“The slim volume will be a resource not just for readers and researchers but also for classroom discussion, where the letters could serve as great primary sources to feature in a number of course contexts. Enjoy!” (Carla Nappi, New Books network, newbooksnetwork.com, March, 2017)

Innehållsförteckning

I. Introduction.- II. Astronomy, Astrology, and Poetics in Seventeenth-Century Italy.- Sarrocchi and Galileo in Rome.- Science and the Scanderbeide.- Sarrocchi’s Scanderbeide and Galileo’s “Enemy Eye”.- The Controversy Over Galileo’s “Medicean Stars”.- Reading the Stars.- Diverging Paths.- III. Letters of Margherita Sarrocchi and Galileo (With Three Related Letters)