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Labors of Innocence in Early Modern England
Joanna Picciotto
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Hardback. In seventeenth-century England, intellectuals of various kinds discovered their idealized self-image in the Adam who investigated, named, and commanded the creatures. This title argues, that early modern scientists, poets, and pamphleteers claimed authority as both workers and 'public persons'. Num Pages: 880 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 174 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1324.
In seventeenth-century England, intellectuals of all kinds discovered their idealized self-image in the Adam who investigated, named, and commanded the creatures. Reinvented as the agent of innocent curiosity, Adam was central to the project of redefining contemplation as a productive and public labor. It was by identifying with creation's original sovereign, Joanna Picciotto argues, that early modern scientists, poets, and pamphleteers claimed authority as both workers and public persons. Tracking an ethos of imitatio Adami across a wide range of disciplines and devotions, Picciotto reveals how practical efforts to restore paradise generated the modern ... Read more
In seventeenth-century England, intellectuals of all kinds discovered their idealized self-image in the Adam who investigated, named, and commanded the creatures. Reinvented as the agent of innocent curiosity, Adam was central to the project of redefining contemplation as a productive and public labor. It was by identifying with creation's original sovereign, Joanna Picciotto argues, that early modern scientists, poets, and pamphleteers claimed authority as both workers and public persons. Tracking an ethos of imitatio Adami across a wide range of disciplines and devotions, Picciotto reveals how practical efforts to restore paradise generated the modern ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
880
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
1323g
Number of Pages
880
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674049062
SKU
V9780674049062
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About Joanna Picciotto
Joanna Picciotto is an Associate Professor of English at University of California, Berkeley.
Reviews for Labors of Innocence in Early Modern England
[Picciotto] offers real insights into many literati from Abraham Cowley and Andrew Marvell at the beginning of the chosen period to Daniel Defoe, Joseph Addison, and Celia Fiennes at the end. Particularly valuable are her accounts of the rhetorical strategies of self-presentation employed by [Robert] Hooke, [Robert] Boyle, and Mr. Spectator...An important resource for philosophy of science as well as ... Read more