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The theater of experiment : staging natural philosophy in eighteenth-century Britain /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Coppola, Al
Corporate Authors: Oxford University Press.
Published: Oxford University Press,
Publisher Address: New York, NY :
Publication Dates: [2016]
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
1660-1799
Theater > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Science in literature.
English drama > Restoration, 1660-1700 > History and criticism.
English drama > 18th century > History and criticism.
Satire, English > History and criticism.
Literature and science > England > History > 18th century.
English drama.
English drama > Restoration.
Literature and science.
Satire, English.
Theater.
England.
Great Britain.
Online Access: http://www.iresearchbook.cn/f/ebook/detail?id=6a9d5785f637447db07393b2428f9824
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (x, 265 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780190269722
Index Number: PN2593
CLC: J809.561
Contents: Introduction -- The spectacle of experiment and the politics of virtuoso satire in the 1670s -- Retraining the virtuoso's gaze: The emperor of the moon and the Spectacles of science and politics -- Physiology, commerce and comedy: Three hours after marriage and A bold stroke for a wife -- Harlequin Newton: Faustus pantomimes and public science in the 1720s -- Modest witnesses and eager spectators: engendering enlightenment science -- Epilogue: rehearsing spectacle.

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