"Satire." . . "1700 - 1799" . . . . . . . "\"It is often thought that Jonathan Swift was vehemently opposed to the new science that heralded the beginning of the modern age, but this book interrogates that assumption, bringing new perspectives to his most famous works, and making a case for the intellectual importance of some of his more neglected poems and prose satires. Lynall's study traces the theological, political, and socio-cultural resonances of scientific knowledge in the early eighteenth century, and considers what they can reveal about the growth of Swift's imagination. Taking us to a universe made from clothes, to a place where flowers can talk and men are only trees turned upside down, to an island that hovers high in the clouds, and to a library where a spider predicts how the world will end, the book shows how satire can be an active and unique participant in cultural debates about the methods and purposes of scientific enquiry.\"--Publisher's website." . . . "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en . "Criticism, interpretation, etc" . "Swift and science : the satire, politics, and theology of natural knowledge, 1690 - 1730" . "Online-Publikation" . . . "Swift and science : the satire, politics, and theology of natural knowledge, 1690-1730" . "Swift and science : the satire, politics, and theology of natural knowledge, 1690-1730"@en . . . "History"@en . "History" . . . . "Swift and Science the Satire, Politics and Theology of Natural Knowledge, 1690-1730"@en . "It is thought that Swift was opposed to the new science that heralded the beginning of the modern age, but this book interrogates that assumption, tracing the theological, political, and socio-cultural resonances of scientific knowledge in the early eighteenth century, and considering what they can reveal about Swift's imagination."@en . "Swift and science the satire, politics and theology of natural knowledge, 1690-1730" . . "It is often thought that Jonathan Swift was vehemently opposed to the new science that heralded the beginning of the modern age, but this book interrogates that assumption, bringing new perspectives to his most famous works, and making a case for the intellectual importance of some of his more neglected poems and prose satires. Lynall's study traces the theological, political, and socio-cultural resonances of scientific knowledge in the early eighteenth century, and considers what they can reveal about the growth of Swift's imagination. Taking us to a universe made from clothes, to a place where flowers can talk and men are only trees turned upside down, to an island that hovers high in the clouds, and to a library where a spider predicts how the world will end, the book shows how satire can be an active and unique participant in cultural debates about the methods and purposes of scientific enquiry."@en . . "Swift and science the satire, politics, and theology of natural knowledge, 1690-1730" . "Swift and science the satire, politics, and theology of natural knowledge, 1690-1730"@en . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . "Electronic books" . . . . . . . . . . . . "Literature and science Great Britain History 18th century Electronic books." . . "LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh" . . "Literature." . . "Naturwissenschaften." . . . . "Science Dans la littérature Grande-Bretagne." . . "Littérature et sciences." . . "Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 Knowledge Science." . .