Cocco, Sean. Watching Vesuvius : a history of science and culture in early modern Italy

Folger bibliographic ID: 270755
Folger call number: QE523.V5 C63 2013
Folger holdings ID: 356870

General notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-305) and index

Contents

Introduction : Vesuvius in the view south -- Approaches : humanists, naturalists, and Vesuvius in the late Renaissance -- Marvelous excesses : the eruption of 1631 -- Histories of ignition : from historia to causa -- Contesting Vesuvius : discordant meanings in the context of revolt -- On the face of this earth : Vesuvius and its kind -- Watching and philosophizing : from controversy to cosmopolitanism -- Formed by explosion : geology in the Neapolitan picturesque -- Conclusion: returns to the past

Extended title: Watching Vesuvius : a history of science and culture in early modern Italy / Sean Cocco

Vesuvius (Italy) Volcanism Science Naples (Italy)

author: Cocco, Sean