Evelyn Koch
World-Building and the New Astronomy in Seventeenth-Century Prose Fictions of Cosmic Voyage
World-Building and the New Astronomy in Seventeenth-Century Prose Fictions of Cosmic Voyage
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The book explores world-building in seventeenth-century prose fictions of cosmic voyage, including the New Astronomy's resurgence and reimagining of universe models. It highlights imaginary versions of a world in the moon, such as Johannes Kepler, Francis Godwin, and Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac's voyages, and introduces an eponymous imaginary planet in Margaret Cavendish's The Blazing World. It analyzes world-building through theories of world-building and contemporary concepts from early modern literature.
Format: Hardback
Length: 244 pages
Publication date: 10 May 2022
Publisher: Peter Lang AG
The book explores the art of world-building in seventeenth-century prose fictions of cosmic voyage, coinciding with the New Astronomy's resurgence. Various models of the universe are reimagined in prose form, with many voyages exploring imagined versions of a world in the moon. Margaret Cavendish's The Blazing World introduces an eponymous imaginary planet. The book analyzes the world-building of cosmic voyages by combining theories of world-building with contemporary concepts from early modern literature, demonstrating how imaginary worlds were created in early modern prose literature.
Weight: 389g
Dimension: 210 x 148 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783631862704
Edition number: New ed
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