Margherita Sarrocchi's Letters to Galileo - Astronomy, Astrology, and Poetics in Seventeenth-Century Italy (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

This book examines a pivotal moment in the history of science and women's place in it. Meredith Ray offers the first in-depth study and complete English translation of the fascinating correspondence between Margherita Sarrocchi (1560-1617), a natural philosopher and author of the epic poem, Scanderbeide (1623), and famed astronomer, Galileo Galilei. Their correspondence, undertaken soon after the publication of Galileo's Sidereus Nuncius, reveals how Sarrocchi approached Galileo for his help revising her epic poem, offering, in return, her endorsement of his recent telescopic discoveries. Situated against the vibrant and often contentious backdrop of early modern intellectual and academic culture, their letters illustrate, in miniature, that the Scientific Revolution was, in fact, the product of a long evolution with roots in the deep connections between literary and scientific exchanges.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine
Release date:	May 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	Meredith K Ray
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	98
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-59769-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Promotions
LSN:	1-137-59769-0
Barcode:	9781137597694

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