Shakespeare's double helix

by Turner, Henry S.

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Title Statements

Full title :Shakespeare's double helix / Henry S. Turner.

Summary

What does it mean to make life? This books focuses on one of the key questions for culture and science in both Shakespeare's time and our own. Shakespeare wrote A Midsummer's Night Dream during a period when the 'new science' had begun to unsettle the foundations of knowledge about the natural world. Through close analysis of the play and reflection on modern genetic engineering, Turner examines developments in early modern culture as it sought to come to terms with the new forces of magic, astrology and alchemy, fields of knowledge that preoccupied the most adventurous intellects of Shakespeare's period and that promised limitless power over nature. The book reveals the richness and peculiarity of early scientific though in Shakespeare's time and shows how the questions he poses remain fundamental today, as the nature of 'life' has become one of the most pressing political, ethical, and philosophical problems for contemporary society.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2007.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Continuum
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2007.

Notes

Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:xiii, 129 pages ; : 21 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780826491190, 0826491197, 9780826491206, 0826491200
oclc:ocn154691759
LC Classification:PR2827
Dewey Decimal:822.3/3

When everything seems double -- That is the true beginning of our end -- Two intertwining helices -- Then read the names of the actors; and so grow to a point.

Subjects

England History Learning and scholarship Midsummer night's dream (Shakespeare, W… Naturwissenschaften Science Science -- History -- 16th century. -- … Science in literature Sciences -- Histoire -- 16e siècle. -- … Sciences dans la littérature Shakespeare, William