Time, Space, and Motion in the Age of ShakespeareTheirs was a world of exploration and experimentation, of movement and growth--and in this, the thinkers of the Renaissance, poets and scientists alike, followed their countrymen into uncharted territory and unthought space. A book that takes us to the very heart of the enterprise of the Renaissance, this closely focused but far-reaching work by the distinguished scholar Angus Fletcher reveals how early modern science and English poetry were in many ways components of one process: discovering and expressing the secrets of motion, whether in the language of mathematics or verse. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Galileos Metaphor | 12 |
The Theme of Motion | 21 |
On Drama Poetry and Movement | 36 |
Marlowe Invents the Deadline | 55 |
The Defense of the Interim | 70 |
Structure of an Epitaph | 95 |
Donnes Apocryphal Wit | 113 |
Milton and the Moons of Jupiter | 130 |
Conclusion | 152 |
Notes | 159 |
Acknowledgments | 176 |