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Creator
Date
2014
Location
New York, NY, USA
New York (State)
United States
New York (State)
United States
Media format
Printed text
Extent
xxiii, 220 pages
Language
English
Size
24 cm
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 339921
Folger call number: PR3592.S3 D36 2014
Folger holdings ID: 491827
Folger call number: PR3592.S3 D36 2014
Folger holdings ID: 491827
Summary
"This volume brings John Milton's Paradise Lost into dialogue with the challenges of cosmology and the world of Galileo, whom Milton met and admired: a universe encompassing space travel, an earth that participates vibrantly in the cosmic dance, and stars that are 'world[s] / Of destined habitation'. Milton's bold depiction of our universe as merely a small part of a larger multiverse allows the removal of hell from the center of the earth to a location in the primordial abyss. In this wide-ranging work, Dennis Danielson lucidly unfolds early modern cosmological debates, engaging not only Galileo but also Copernicus, Tycho, Kepler, and the English Copernicans, thus placing Milton at a rich crossroads of epic poetry and the history of science"--
Notes
General notes
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1. The discarded image; 2. Multiverse, chaos, and cosmos; 3. Copernicus and the cosmological bricoleurs; 4. Milton and Galileo revisited (1); 5. Milton and Galileo revisited (2); 6. The sun; 7. Planet Earth; 8. Space flight, ET, and other worlds
Also known as
Extended title: Paradise lost and the cosmological revolution / Dennis Danielson
Subjects
Related names
author: Danielson, Dennis Richard, 1949-
subject: Milton, John, 1608-1674
subject: Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642
subject: Milton, John, 1608-1674
subject: Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642