The theater of experiment : staging natural philosophy in eighteenth-century Britain / Al Coppola.
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TextPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2016Description: 1 online resource : illustrationsContent type: - text
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- 9780190269722
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- 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
- Théâtre -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 18e siècle
- Sciences dans la littérature
- Théâtre anglais -- 1660-1700 (Restauration) -- Histoire et critique
- Théâtre anglais -- 18e siècle -- Histoire et critique
- Littérature et sciences -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 18e siècle
- DRAMA -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- English drama
- English drama -- Restoration
- Literature and science
- Satire, English
- Science in literature
- Theater
- England
- Great Britain
- 1660-1799
- 792.0942/09033 23
- PN2593 .C77 2016
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
The Theater of Experiment explores the crucial role of spectacle in the establishment of modern science. It analyzes eighteenth-century theatrical representations of science in order to demonstrate how experimental natural philosophy was itself a kind of performing art that was shaped by a wider culture of spectacle in the Enlightenment.
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