ENGLISH

Defoe and the new sciences

By Charles , Bacon , Francis; Defoe , Daniel; Morton , Charles; Bacon , Francis; Vickers , Ilse; Defoe

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2006
ISBN
9780521024365, 0521024366
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5337440 bytes)
Series
Cambridge studies in eighteenth-century English literature and thought 32.
Edition
Digitally printed 1st pbk. version.
Pages
196\91
Time added
2019-04-28 00:23:06
-- 1561-1626 -- Influence;Bacon-- 1561-1626;Defoe-- 1627-1698 -- Influence;Bacon-- 1627-1698;Literature and science -- Great Brita-- 1661?-1731 -- Knowledge -- Science;Morton-- 1661?-1731;MortonartisticCharlesDanielDefoeetc );Literature and science;Science;Great BritainFrancis

Description

Machine derived contents note: Part I. The Baconian Scientific Milieu: 1. The legacy of Francis Bacon 2. The selective taking-up of Bacon's ideas: biographical sketches of five followers of Bacon 3. Charles Morton and the new sciences Part II. Daniel Defoe: 4. Daniel Defoe and the Baconian legacy 5. Defoe's General History of Trade: its relation to the Baconian histories 6. Robinson Crusoe: man's progressive dominion over nature 7. A New Voyage round the World: Defoe the traveller-scientist by sea 8. Defoe's Tour: a natural history of man and his activities Appendix.

Similar books