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Francis Bacon's New Atlantis
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Description for Francis Bacon's New Atlantis
Paperback. This volume of essays on Bacon's "The New Atlantis" provides a dialogue between a range of critical perspectives, encompassing cultural history, history of science, literature and politics of early modern culture, incorporating the practical and visionary, utility and utopia. Editor(s): Price, Bronwen. Series Editor(s): Wallace, Jeff; Whale, John. Series: Texts in Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; GT; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 295.
This volume of eight new essays by leading scholars provides a stimulating dialogue between a range of critical perspectives. Encompassing the fields of cultural history, history of science, literature, and politics, the collection explores The New Atlantis' complex location within Bacon's oeuvre and its negotiations with cultural debates of the past and present. Often regarded as the apotheosis of Bacon's ideas through its depiction of an advanced “scientific” society, it is also read as a seminal work of science fiction.
This volume of eight new essays by leading scholars provides a stimulating dialogue between a range of critical perspectives. Encompassing the fields of cultural history, history of science, literature, and politics, the collection explores The New Atlantis' complex location within Bacon's oeuvre and its negotiations with cultural debates of the past and present. Often regarded as the apotheosis of Bacon's ideas through its depiction of an advanced “scientific” society, it is also read as a seminal work of science fiction.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Texts in Culture
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719060526
SKU
V9780719060526
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99-15
About Bronwen . Ed(S): Price
Jeff Wallace is Lecturer in Contemporary English Literature at Cardiff Metropolitan University John Whale is Professor of Romantic Literature at the University of Leeds
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