Swift and Science

G. Lynall

Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

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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.

ISBN-13
9781349344734
ISBN-10
1349344737
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2012
Publication date
2012-01-01
Pages
209
Dimensions
216x140x