Tropes and the Literary-Scientific Revolution: Forms of Proof

by Michael Slater

Tropes and the Literary-Scientific Revolution: Forms of Proof argues that the rise of mechanical science in the seventeenth century had a profound impact on both language and literature. To the extent that new ideas about things were accompanied by new attitudes toward words, what we commonly regard as the "scientific revolution" inevitably bore literary dimensions as well. Literary tropes and forms underwent tremendous reassessment...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032422718
• ISBN13: 9781032422718
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"