Swift and Science
The Satire, Politics and Theology of Natural Knowledge, 1690-1730
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British, Theory
| Author: | G. Lynall | ISBN: | 9781137016966 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | May 22, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | G. Lynall |
| ISBN: | 9781137016966 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | May 22, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
It is thought that Swift was opposed to the new science that heralded the beginning of the modern age, but this book interrogates that assumption, tracing the theological, political, and socio-cultural resonances of scientific knowledge in the early eighteenth century, and considering what they can reveal about Swift's imagination.
It is thought that Swift was opposed to the new science that heralded the beginning of the modern age, but this book interrogates that assumption, tracing the theological, political, and socio-cultural resonances of scientific knowledge in the early eighteenth century, and considering what they can reveal about Swift's imagination.
