UID:
almahu_9949721540602882
Format:
1 online resource (256 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9783823378204
Series Statement:
Swiss Papers in English Language and Literature (SPELL) 28
Content:
This inter-disciplinary volume investigates the contiguities and connections that existed between poetic and scientific ways of knowing in the medieval and early modern periods. the aesthetic aspects of medieval texts are analysed, alongside the medical expertise articulated in literary texts. Substantial common ground is ground is discovered in the devotional, medical, and literary discourses pertaining to health and disease in these two periods. Medieval and early modern theatres are shown to have staged matter pertaining to contemporary science, provoking and challenging scientific claims to authority, as well as political ones. Finally, the volume demonstrates how certain branches of learning, for example, marine navigation and time-measurement, were represented as forms of both art and science.
Note:
[1. Auflage]
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783823368205
Language:
English
DOI:
10.2357/9783823378204
URL:
http://doi.org/10.2357/9783823378204
