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| Language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Latin in the Age of Enlightenment: Knowledge, Identity, and Innovation |
| Editors | Yasmin Haskell, Laurence Brockliss, Floris Verhaart |
| Place of Publication | Oxford |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Publication status | Accepted - 2020 |
Publication series
| Name | Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment |
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‘Humanism and Scientific Invention in Neo-Latin Poetry of Enlightenment England’. / Haan, Estelle.
Latin in the Age of Enlightenment: Knowledge, Identity, and Innovation. ed. / Yasmin Haskell; Laurence Brockliss; Floris Verhaart. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020. (Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
TY - CHAP
T1 - ‘Humanism and Scientific Invention in Neo-Latin Poetry of Enlightenment England’
AU - Haan, Estelle
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This chapter assesses and contextualizes a cluster of scientific neo-Latin verse which came to birth and flourished in the age of the Enlightenment. Focusing on Thomas Bisse (Microscopium; Machina Pneumatica), Henry Stephens (Machina Pneumatica), Joseph Addison (Barometri Descriptio), and Thomas Gray (Luna Habitabilis), it argues that the "invention" of such scientific instruments as the vacuum pump, the microscope, the barometer, and the telescope was cleverly mirrored by the quasi-humanistic "inventiveness" of neo-Latin poets of the age. In essence the achievements of “New Science” prompted their celebration in “New Latin” – in a neo-Latin poetic voice that imaginatively appropriated the language of classical didactic poetry in general, and of Lucretius and Virgil in particular.
AB - This chapter assesses and contextualizes a cluster of scientific neo-Latin verse which came to birth and flourished in the age of the Enlightenment. Focusing on Thomas Bisse (Microscopium; Machina Pneumatica), Henry Stephens (Machina Pneumatica), Joseph Addison (Barometri Descriptio), and Thomas Gray (Luna Habitabilis), it argues that the "invention" of such scientific instruments as the vacuum pump, the microscope, the barometer, and the telescope was cleverly mirrored by the quasi-humanistic "inventiveness" of neo-Latin poets of the age. In essence the achievements of “New Science” prompted their celebration in “New Latin” – in a neo-Latin poetic voice that imaginatively appropriated the language of classical didactic poetry in general, and of Lucretius and Virgil in particular.
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
T3 - Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment
BT - Latin in the Age of Enlightenment: Knowledge, Identity, and Innovation
A2 - Haskell, Yasmin
A2 - Brockliss, Laurence
A2 - Verhaart, Floris
PB - Oxford University Press
CY - Oxford
ER -