Hemispheres and Stratospheres: The Idea and Experience of Distance in the International Enlightenment
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Recognizing distance as a central concern of the Enlightenment, this volume offers eight essays on distance in art and literature; on cultural transmission and exchange over distance; and on distance as a topic in science, a theme in literature, and a central issue in modern research methods. Through studies of landscape gardens, architecture, imaginary voyages, transcontinental philosophical exchange, and cosmological poetry, Hemispheres and Stratospheres unfurls the early history of a distance culture that influences our own era of global information exchange, long-haul flights, colossal skyscrapers, and space tourism.
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LOC Call Number
NX650 .G46 H46 2021
ISBN
9781684482016
Publication Date
2021
Department
Department of English
Publisher
Bucknell University Press
City
Lewisburg
Recommended Citation
Cope, Kevin Lee, "Hemispheres and Stratospheres: The Idea and Experience of Distance in the International Enlightenment" (2021).