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Natural History in Early Modern France
Natural History in Early Modern France
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Description
These case studies reveal the lasting epistemic importance of bookish knowledge and commonplacing in the natural-historical description from Belon to Buffon. They also highlight the French reception of Baconianism.
Natural History in Early Modern France makes a case for the literary status of the genre by attending to the permanence of its 'Plinian' features, such as wonders. Natural history was not only concerned with increasingly rational modes of ordering natural particulars: this book reveals its enduring social, affective, spiritual, and aesthetic underpinnings.
Contributors are: Peter Anstey, Susan Broomhall, Isabelle Charmantier, Arlette Fruet, Raphaële Garrod, Paul Gibbard, Dana Jalobeanu, Myriam Marrache-Gouraud, Stéphane Schmitt, Paul J. Smith, and Stéphane Van Damme.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
294
Release Date:
2018-08-23
Publication Date:
2018-08-23
Publisher:
Brill
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
9004375694
ISBN13:
9789004375697
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
612 g
Height:
160 cm
Width:
241 cm
Thickness:
23 cm
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