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Swift and Science

The Satire, Politics and Theology of Natural Knowledge, 1690-1730
By:G. Lynall
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9780230343641
eText ISBN:9781137016966
Edition:0
Copyright:2012
Format:Page Fidelity

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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.