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Francis Bacon's The new Atlantis

new interdisciplinary essays

by Bronwen Price

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  • 21st century
  • Language: English

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.

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  • Controlled discovery queries from gegnir matched “Atlantis”. Retained metadata contains “Atlantis” in the title, “Atlantis” in the description, “Atlantis” in the subject metadata, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • Atlantis· via Gegnir/Leitir — Icelandic Union Catalogue
    • Atlantis· in title
    • Atlantis· in description
    • Atlantis· in subject
    • Atlantis· in edition title
    • Atlantis· in edition notes

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new interdisciplinary essays

1st ed

1 online resource (222 p.); 8 'Strange things so probably told': gender, sexual difference and knowledge in Bacon's New Atlantis - KATE AUGHTERSON9 Censorship and the institution of knowledge in Bacon's New Atlantis - SIMON WORTHAM; Notes on contributors; Select bibliography; Index; Contents; Series introduction; Acknowledgements; Chronology; 1 Introduction - BRONWEN PRICE; 2 Narrative contexts for Bacon's New Atlantis - PAUL SALZMAN; 3 Persuasions to science: Baconian rhetoric and the New Atlantis - SARAH HUTTON; 4 Ethics and politics in the New Atlantis - DAVID COLCLOUGH; 5 Natural knowledge in the New Atlantis - RICHARD SERJEANTSON; 6 On the miracles in Bacon's New Atlantis - JERRY WEINBERGER; 7 'Books will speak plain'? Colonialism, Jewishness and politics in Bacon's New Atlantis - CLAIRE JOWITT; Description based upon print version of record; Dewey classification: 824.3; Includes bibliographical references and index; Publication place: Manchester; Texts in culture

2002Manchester University PressEnglish
  • 9786610734061
  • 128073406X
  • 1417578009
  • 1847790348
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