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Author:

Coppola, Al, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2016004268

Title:

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

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

x, 265 pages ; 25 cm

Subject:

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.
Science in literature.
Theater.
England.
Great Britain.
1660-1799
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN:

0190269715
9780190269715

OCLC:

(OCoLC)936687353

LCCN:

2016002200

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)