Margherita Sarrocchi's letters to Galileo : astronomy, astrology, and poetics in seventeenth-century Italy /: astronomy, astrology, and poetics in seventeenth-century Italy. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Meredith K. Ray.
• Authors: Ray, Meredith K, 1969-
• Other Names: Sarrocchi, Margherita, approximately 1560-1617; Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642
• Contents: I. Introduction -- II. Astronomy, Astrology, and Poetics in Seventeenth-Century Italy -- Sarrocchi and Galileo in Rome -- Science and the Scanderbeide -- Sarrocchi's Scanderbeide and Galileo's "Enemy Eye" -- The Controversy Over Galileo's "Medicean Stars" -- Reading the Stars -- Diverging Paths -- III. Letters of Margherita Sarrocchi and Galileo (With Three Related Letters).
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (XII, 98 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 809/.1/02; 809.4; Literature; Astronomy -- Italy -- History -- 17th century; Literature and science; European literature; Literature, Modern; Sociology; Astronomy; Poetry; Astronomy; Literature and science; Social Science -- Gender Studies; Literary Criticism -- General; Science -- Astronomy; Literary Criticism -- Poetry; Literary studies: general; Gender studies, gender groups; Literature: history & criticism; Theoretical & mathematical astronomy; Literary studies: poetry & poets; Literary Criticism -- European -- General; Italy; Electronic books; History; Records and correspondence; Correspondence; Correspondence
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137596031; 1137596031
• Related ISBNs: 1137597690; 9781137597694
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-92) and index.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.