Spectacular Science, Technology and Superstition in the Age of Shakespeare - Softcover

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Sophie Chiari is Professor of Early Modern English Literature at Université Clermont Auvergne, France, where she is also the Director of the ‘Maison des Sciences de l’Homme de Clermont-Ferrand’, a research institute encompassing the humanities and social sciences. A member of the IHRIM research team, she has edited or coedited various collections of essays including Performances at Court in the Age of Shakespeare (coedited with John Mucciolo, 2019) and The Experience of Disaster in Early Modern English Literature (2022). Her current research focuses on ecocritical issues in Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Her most recent works are Shakespeare’s Representation of Weather, Climate and Environment (2019) and Shakespeare and the Environment. A Dictionary (2022).

Mickaël Popelard is Senior Lecturer in English studies at the University of Caen- Normandie, France. He has written several articles on Shakespeare and Bacon, as well as a monograph on Francis Bacon (Francis Bacon: l’humaniste, le magicien, l’ingénieur, 2010) and a book on the figure of the scientist in Shakespeare’s The Tempest and Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus (Rêves de puissance et ruine de l'âme: la figure du savant chez Shakespeare et Marlowe, 2010).

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‘This well-conceived and richly informative collection situates Shakespearean drama at the intersection of the arts and sciences in early modern Culture. Historians of both the arts and sciences will find this a valuable and provocative volume.’Stephen Orgel, Professor of English at Stanford UniversityExplores the interaction between science, literature and spectacle in Shakespeare’s eraTo the readers who ask themselves ‘What is science?’, this volume provides an answer from an early modern perspective, whereby science included such various intellectual pursuits as history, poetry, occultism and philosophy. By exploring particular aspects of Shakespearean drama, this collection illustrates how literature and science were inextricably linked in the early modern period. In order to bridge the gap between Renaissance literature and early modern science, the essays collected here focus on a complex intellectual territory situated at the point of juncture between humanism, natural magic and craftsmanship. It is argued that science and literature constantly interacted, thus revealing that what we now call ‘literature’ and what we choose to describe as ‘science’ were not clear-cut categories in Shakespeare’s days but rather a part of common intellectual territory.Sophie Chiari is Professor of Early Modern English Literature at Clermont Auvergne University, France. She has written several books and articles on Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Her most recent publication is As You Like It: Shakespeare’s Comedy of Liberty (2016).Mickaël Popelard is Senior Lecturer in English studies at the University of Caen- Normandie, France. He has written several articles on Shakespeare and Bacon, as well as a book on the figure of the scientist in Shakespeare’s The Tempest and Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus (Rêves de puissance et ruine de l'âme: la figure du savant chez Shakespeare et Marlowe, 2010).Cover image: Un Savant dans son cabinet, avec leçon de vanité, Jacob van Spreeuwen, c. 1630 © Musée du Louvre/A. Dequier - M. BardCover design:[EUP logo]edinburghuniversitypress.comISBN 978-1-4744-2781-4Barcode

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This well-conceived and richly informative collection situates Shakespearean drama at the intersection of the arts and sciences in early modern Culture. Historians of both the arts and sciences will find this a valuable and provocative volume. Stephen Orgel, Professor of English at Stanford UniversityExplores the interaction between science, literature and spectacle in Shakespeare s eraTo the readers who ask themselves What is science? , this volume provides an answer from an early modern perspective, whereby science included such various intellectual pursuits as history, poetry, occultism and philosophy. By exploring particular aspects of Shakespearean drama, this collection illustrates how literature and science were inextricably linked in the early modern period. In order to bridge the gap between Renaissance literature and early modern science, the essays collected here focus on a complex intellectual territory situated at the point of juncture between humanism, natural magic and craftsmanship. It is argued that science and literature constantly interacted, thus revealing that what we now call literature and what we choose to describe as science were not clear-cut categories in Shakespeare s days but rather a part of common intellectual territory.Sophie Chiari is Professor of Early Modern English Literature at Clermont Auvergne University, France. She has written several books and articles on Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Her most recent publication is As You Like It: Shakespeare s Comedy of Liberty (2016).Mickaël Popelard is Senior Lecturer in English studies at the University of Caen- Normandie, France. He has written several articles on Shakespeare and Bacon, as well as a book on the figure of the scientist in Shakespeare s The Tempest and Marlowe s Doctor Faustus (Rêves de puissance et ruine de l'âme: la figure du savant chez Shakespeare et Marlowe, 2010).Cover image: Un Savant dans son cabinet, avec leçon de vanité, Jacob van Spreeuwen, c. 1630 © Musée du Louvre/A. Dequier - M. BardCover design:[EUP logo]edinburghuniversitypress.comISBN 978-1-4744-2781-4Barcode