Swift and Science

The Satire, Politics and Theology of Natural Knowledge, 1690-1730

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British, Theory
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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.

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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.

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