Hemispheres and Stratospheres - The Idea and Experience of Distance in the International Enlightenment (Hardcover)

Nowhere is distance so near-at-hand as in Enlightenment culture. Whether in the telescopic surveys of early astronomers, the panoramas of painters, the diaries of travelers, the prospects of landscape architects, or the tales of novelists, distance is never far in the background of the works and deeds of long-eighteenth-century artists, authors, and adventurers. Hemispheres and Stratospheres draws that background into the foreground. Recognizing distance as a central concern of the Enlightenment, this volume offers eight essays on distance in art and literature; on cultural transmission and exchange over distance; and on distance as a topic in science, a theme in literature, and a central issue in modern research methods. Through studies of landscape gardens, architecture, imaginary voyages, transcontinental philosophical exchange, and cosmological poetry, Hemispheres and Stratospheres unfurls the early history of a distance culture that influences our own era of global information exchange, long-haul flights, colossal skyscrapers, and space tourism.

General

Imprint:	Rutgers University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture 1650-1850
Release date:	December 2020
Editors:	Kevin L. Cope
Contributors:	Roger D. Lund • William Stargard • B?nrbel Czennia • Brijraj Singh • Chandrava Chakravarty • Rachel Mann • Kevin L. Cope • Phyllis Thompson
Dimensions:	235 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	262
ISBN-13:	978-1-68448-202-3
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	1-68448-202-X
Barcode:	9781684482023

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