Newton Demands the Muse [online] : Newton's Opticks and the 18th Century Poets / Marjorie Hope Nicolson

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NICOLSON, Marjorie Hope

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TextLanguage: English Series: Princeton Legacy LibraryPublication details: Princeton University Press, 2016Description: 1 online resource (192 p.)ISBN:

9781400878222

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resursă online

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821.5 23

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PR565.O6 N5 1966

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Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- I. THE POPULAR RECEPTION OF THE OPTICKS -- II. COLOR AND LIGHT IN THE DESCRIPTIVE POETS -- III. THE PHYSICS OF LIGHT IN THE SCIENTIFIC POETS -- IV. OPTICS AND VISION -- V. AESTHETIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE Opticks -- VI. METAPHYSICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE Opticks -- EPILOGUE: THE POETIC DAMNATION OF NEWTON -- INDEX

Title is part of eBook package: Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979Title is part of eBook package: Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package LiteratureTitle is part of eBook package: Princeton eBook Package Archive 1931-1999Summary: In this book the author express more completely than in her earlier studies what were the implications for the poet of a great advance in scientific thought.Originally published in 1966.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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In this book the author express more completely than in her earlier studies what were the implications for the poet of a great advance in scientific thought.Originally published in 1966.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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