Paradise lost and the cosmological revolution
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Paradise lost and the cosmological revolution
Cambridge University Press, 2014
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Summary: "This volume brings John Milton's Paradise Lost into dialogue with the challenges of cosmology and the world of Galileo, whom Milton met and admired: a universe encompassing space travel, an earth that participates vibrantly in the cosmic dance, and stars that are 'world[s] / Of destined habitation'. Milton's bold depiction of our universe as merely a small part of a larger multiverse allows the removal of hell from the center of the earth to a location in the primordial abyss. In this wide-ranging work, Dennis Danielson lucidly unfolds early modern cosmological debates, engaging not only Galileo but also Copernicus, Tycho, Kepler, and the English Copernicans, thus placing Milton at a rich crossroads of epic poetry and the history of science"--Provided by publisher
Includes index
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Table of Contents
- 1. The discarded image
- 2. Multiverse, chaos, and cosmos
- 3. Copernicus and the cosmological bricoleurs
- 4. Milton and Galileo revisited (1)
- 5. Milton and Galileo revisited (2)
- 6. The sun
- 7. Planet Earth
- 8. Space flight, ET, and other worlds.
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