Newton Demands the Muse : : Newton's Opticks and the 18th Century Poets / / Marjorie Hope Nicolson.
In this book the author express more completely than in her earlier studies what were the implications for the poet of a great advance in scientific thought.Originally published in 1966.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015] ©1966 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
2275 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (192 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- I. THE POPULAR RECEPTION OF THE OPTICKS
- II. COLOR AND LIGHT IN THE DESCRIPTIVE POETS
- III. THE PHYSICS OF LIGHT IN THE SCIENTIFIC POETS
- IV. OPTICS AND VISION
- V. AESTHETIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE Opticks
- VI. METAPHYSICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE Opticks
- EPILOGUE: THE POETIC DAMNATION OF NEWTON
- INDEX