Starlight Night
Subtitle: The Sky in the Writings of Shakespeare, Tennyson, and Hopkins
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9783319198774
Subjects: Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, criticism and interpretation; Tennyson, alfred tennyson, baron, 1809-1892; Hopkins, gerard manley, 1844-1889; English literature, history and criticism, early modern, 1500-1700
Description: "In this updated second edition renowned amateur comet-searcher David H. Levy expands on his work about the intricate relationship between the night sky and the works of English Literature. This revised and expanded text includes new sections on Alfred Lord Tennyson and Gerald Manley Hopkins (both amateur astronomers), extending the time period analyzed in the first edition from early modern literature to encompass the Victorian age. Although the sky enters into much of literature through the ages, British authors offer an especially fertile connection to the heavens, and Levy links the works of seminal authors from Shakespeare on to specific celestial events and scientific advances." -- Back cover.