Powell Perception and analogy

Poetry, science, and religion in the eighteenth century
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-5261-5705-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 296 Seiten

This book examines how sensory experience is conceptualised during the eighteenth century. It draws novel connections between theories of perception and the creative methods employed by poets, theologians, and scientists in their explorations of astronomy, light, colour, and the body.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Powell, Rosalind

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1. Celestial speculations

2. Light, perception and revelation

3. Seeing in colour

4. Understanding the eye

5. Perception and the body

Bibliography

Notes

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Rosalind Powell is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Bristol