Handmaid to Divinity: Natural Philosophy, Poetry, and Gender in Seventeenth-Century England Volume 4

by Desiree Hellegers

In Handmaid to Divinity, Desiree Hellegers establishes seventeenth-century poetry as a critical resource for understanding the debates about natural philosophy, astronomy, and medicine during the Scientific Revolution. Hellegers provides important insights into seventeenth-century responses to the emergent discourses of western science and into the cultural roots of the current environmental crisis.

Drawing on recent cultural and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806131837
• ISBN13: 9780806131832
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.7"