The starlight night : the sky in the writings of shakespeare, tennyson, and hopkins / David H. Levy.
Tipo de material:
- texto
- computadora
- recurso en línea
- 9783319198781
- QB4
Contenidos:
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Dedication -- Introduction -- Part I: The Sky in Early Modern English Literature -- Chapter One: The Stella Novae of 1572 and 1604 -- Chapter Two: Comets and Meteors: A Rich Harvest from 1573 to 1607 -- Chapter Three: These Late Eclipses -- Chapter Four: Of Signs and Seasons -- Chapter Five: The Telescope in Early Modern English Literature -- Part II: The Sky in the Poetry of Tennyson and Hopkins -- Chapter Six: Bridging the Centuries: Astronomical Discoveries Between the Eras of Shakespeare and of Tennyson and Hopkins -- Chapter Seven: Leading Up to the Victorian Age: Moving Toward Hopkins and Tennyson -- Chapter Eight: Arise and Fly -- Chapter Nine: Scarce Worth Discovery -- Chapter Ten: Hopkins and the Starlight Night -- Appendix A: A Selection of References to the Sky in Writings from 1572 to 1620 -- Appendix B: A selection of references to the sky in the writings of Hopkins -- Works Cited.