The poetics of scientific investigation in seventeenth-century England /

The poetics of scientific investigation in seventeenth-century England /

"How should science be written? It is a question that piqued natural philosophers of the seventeenth century as they experimented with the rhetorical figures, neologisms, verse-forms, and generic variety that characterise the literary texture of their work. Inspired laymen were quick to borrow...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Preston, Claire (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Browne, Thomas, > Sir, > 1605-1682 > Literary style.
Boyle, Robert, > 1627-1691 > Literary style.
1600-1699
Technical writing > History > 17th century.
Didactic literature > History and criticism.
Science in literature > History > 17th century.
Technical writing > England > History > 17th century.
Didactic literature, English > History and criticism.
Literature and science > England > History > 17th century.
English prose literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Didactic literature.
Science in literature.
Technical writing.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

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