Santo-Tomas, Enrique Garcia

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The refracted muse. Literature and optics in early modern Spain

by Santo-Tomas, Enrique Garcia

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Galileo never set foot on the Iberian Peninsula, yet, as Enrique Garcia Santo-Tomas unfolds in The Refracted Muse, the news of his work with telescopes brought him to surprising prominence--not just among Spaniards working in the developing science of optometry but among creativ…

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The Refracted Muse: Literature and Optics in Early Modern Spain

by Santo-Tomas, Enrique Garcia

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Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- I. Writing on the firmament -- 1. Observations -- II. Galileo and his Spanish contemporaries -- 2. Foundations -- 3. Assimilations -- 4. Inscriptions -- III. The science of satire -- 5. Situations -- 6. Explorations -- IV. The refracted mus…