Labors of innocence in early modern England

• Verfasst von: Picciotto, Joanna
• Titel: Labors of innocence in early modern England
• Verf.angabe: Joanna Picciotto
• Verlagsort: Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.]
• Verlag: Harvard Univ. Press
• Jahr: 2010
• Umfang: IX, 863 S.
• Format: 25 cm
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• Inhalt: Introduction: the intellectual's two bodies -- Digging up the hortus conclusus -- "A union of eyes and hands": the Royal Society for the Improving of Natural Knowledge -- The productive eye -- The culture of curiosity -- Instruments of truth -- Milton and the paradizable reader -- The professional observer.
• ISBN: 978-0-674-04906-2
• Schlagwörter: (s)Englisch / (s)Literatur / (s)Ideengeschichte / (z)Geschichte 1600-1700
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: Englisch
• Sach-SW: Literatur
• Sach-SW: Ideengeschichte
• Sach-SW: Geschichte 1600-1700
• Sach-SW: English literature
• Sach-SW: Intellectuals in literature
• Sach-SW: Labor in literature
• Sach-SW: Literature and science
• Sach-SW: Religion and science
• Sach-SW: Science
• Sach-SW: Great Britain
• K10plus-PPN: 615857426

Abstract

Introduction: the intellectual's two bodies -- Digging up the hortus conclusus -- A union of eyes and hands: the Royal Society of London for the Improving of Natural Knowledge -- The productive eye -- The culture of curiosity -- Instruments of truth -- Milton and the paradizable reader -- The professional observer