Die Poesie der Dinge : Ziele und Strategien der Wissensvermittlung im lateinischen Lehrgedicht der Frühen Neuzeit

• Other Authors: Markevičiūtė, Ramunė (Editor), Roling, Bernd (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2021
• Subjects: Literary studies: general; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800; Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700; Social & cultural history; Knowledge Dissemination; Scientific Poetry; Genre Research
• Online Access: Get fulltext
• Physical Description: 1 electronic resource (261 p.)
• ISBN: 9783110722826; 9783110720686; 9783110722963
• Access: Open Access

Distillation flasks, sugar cane mills, and the brain - the scientific revolution created a spectacular range of themes, even in a traditional genre such as didactic poetry. In this volume, internationally renowned researchers in Latin didactic poetry examine the many facets of early modern scientific poetry and offer insights on these previously neglected texts.