The Starlight Night: The Sky in the Writings of Shakespeare, Tennyson, and Hopkins

by David H. Levy

Book Overview

In this updated second edition renowned amateur comet-searcher David H. Levy expands on his work about the intricate relationship between the night sky and the works of English Literature. This revised and expanded text includes new sections on Alfred Lord Tennyson and Gerald Manley Hopkins (both amateur astronomers), extending the time period analyzed in the first edition from early modern literature to encompass the Victorian age. Although the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319371010
• ISBN13: 9783319371016
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"