Four Augustan Science Poets: Abraham Cowley, James Thomson, Henry - Brooke, Erasmus Darwi

"Four Augustan Science Poets: Abraham Cowley, James Thomson, Henry Brooke, Erasmus Darwin" is a concise study focusing on four poets who because of their distinctive profiles illustrate especially well the opportunities and pitfalls of writing science poetry during the long eighteenth century.

List of contents

Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. "Scientifick Versification"; 2. "The Sage- Instructed Eye"; 3. "Wondrous Facts"; 4. "The Mind of Man"; Works Cited; Index.

About the author

Richard Hillyer teaches literature and composition as a tenured professor at the University of South Alabama, USA. He has published books and articles on Thomas Hobbes, Sir Philip Sidney, Ben Jonson, Edmund Waller, W. H. Auden, the Royal Society and the keyword "care."

Product details

• Authors: Richard Hillyer, Hillyer Richard
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9781785272912
• ISBN: 978-1-78527-291-2
• No. of pages: 124
• Series: Anthem Impact
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; POETRY / General, Poetry by individual poets, Poetry / poems by individual poets