Science and the Human Comedy : : Natural Philosophy in French Literature from Rabelais to Maupertuis / / Harcourt Brown.
New scientific theories, methods, and objectives exert subtle and often unnoticed influences on literary creation. The developments of the attitudes and aspirations of French scientists between the Renaissance and the Revolution and the impact of these new outlooks on French literature form the them...
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Brown, Harcourt, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Science and the Human Comedy : Natural Philosophy in French Literature from Rabelais to Maupertuis / Harcourt Brown. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016] ©1976 1 online resource (244 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda University of Toronto Romance Series Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE. Science and the artifact -- CHAPTER TWO. Pantagruel and health -- CHAPTER THREE. Science and the Pensées of Pascal -- CHAPTER FOUR. History, science, and the Journal des sçavans -- CHAPTER FIVE. 'Les gens de maintenant' -- CHAPTER SIX. Science and the human comedy: Voltaire -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Voltaire and British science -- CHAPTER EIGHT. From London to Lapland and Berlin -- CHAPTER NINE. 'L'homme ... tel qu'il est' -- Index -- Backmatter restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star New scientific theories, methods, and objectives exert subtle and often unnoticed influences on literary creation. The developments of the attitudes and aspirations of French scientists between the Renaissance and the Revolution and the impact of these new outlooks on French literature form the theme of this book by an authority in the interdisciplinary treatment of science and literature. Implicit in the author's exploration is the view that in the development of the scientific revolution there was no overall design, but rather random growth; human beings turn up at various moments, some of them appropriately, some of them not, so that the record is in part a story of successful endeavour, in part a comedy little short of farce. in the historical panorama of this book, four auhors, each known for his ironic, even comic, insight into the human condition, are chosen to illustrate the theme. As men of letters, Rabelais and Voltaire exhibit well-defined scientific interests, while Pascal and Maupertuis were drawn from their scientific vocations into the discussion of ideas in literary forms. Consideration of their similarities and differences suggested the title, Science and the Human Comedy. This work is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the historical and cultural conditions accompanying the advancement of science in a critical period, as well as of several ways in which the process was reflected, sometimes directly, more often indirectly, in literature. (University of Toronto Romance Series 30) Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) French literature History and criticism. Literature and science. LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 9783110490947 https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442632608 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781442632608 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781442632608.jpg |
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Brown, Harcourt, Brown, Harcourt, Science and the Human Comedy : Natural Philosophy in French Literature from Rabelais to Maupertuis / University of Toronto Romance Series Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE. Science and the artifact -- CHAPTER TWO. Pantagruel and health -- CHAPTER THREE. Science and the Pensées of Pascal -- CHAPTER FOUR. History, science, and the Journal des sçavans -- CHAPTER FIVE. 'Les gens de maintenant' -- CHAPTER SIX. Science and the human comedy: Voltaire -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Voltaire and British science -- CHAPTER EIGHT. From London to Lapland and Berlin -- CHAPTER NINE. 'L'homme ... tel qu'il est' -- Index -- Backmatter |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE. Science and the artifact -- CHAPTER TWO. Pantagruel and health -- CHAPTER THREE. Science and the Pensées of Pascal -- CHAPTER FOUR. History, science, and the Journal des sçavans -- CHAPTER FIVE. 'Les gens de maintenant' -- CHAPTER SIX. Science and the human comedy: Voltaire -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Voltaire and British science -- CHAPTER EIGHT. From London to Lapland and Berlin -- CHAPTER NINE. 'L'homme ... tel qu'il est' -- Index -- Backmatter |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE. Science and the artifact -- CHAPTER TWO. Pantagruel and health -- CHAPTER THREE. Science and the Pensées of Pascal -- CHAPTER FOUR. History, science, and the Journal des sçavans -- CHAPTER FIVE. 'Les gens de maintenant' -- CHAPTER SIX. Science and the human comedy: Voltaire -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Voltaire and British science -- CHAPTER EIGHT. From London to Lapland and Berlin -- CHAPTER NINE. 'L'homme ... tel qu'il est' -- Index -- Backmatter |
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