The refracted muse literature and optics in early modern Spain

The refracted muse literature and optics in early modern Spain

Galileo never set foot on the Iberian Peninsula, yet, as Enrique García Santo-Tomás unfolds in 'The Refracted Muse', the news of his work with telescopes brought him to surprising prominence, not just among Spaniards working in the developing science of optometry but among creative write...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: García Santo-Tomás, Enrique
Other Authors: Barletta, Vincent
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Subjects:
1500-1700
Spain.
Spanish fiction > Classical period, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Literature and science > Spain > History > 17th century.
Science > Spain > History > 17th century.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General
Literature and science.
Science.
Spanish fiction > Classical period.
EBSCO eBooks
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:EBSCOhost
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Table of Contents:
  • Writing on the firmament. Observations
  • Galileo and his Spanish contemporaries. Foundations ; Assimilations ; Inscriptions
  • The science of satire ; Situations ; Explorations
  • The refracted muse. Interventions ; Reverberations.

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