Author: (Newton, Isaac). Nicolson, Marjorie Hope
Title: Newton Demands the Muse: Newton's Opticks and the Eighteenth Century Poets
Description: Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1946. 1946. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1946. 1946. Very good. - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. The spine & extremities of the dust jacket are darkened and its front panel is creased with a small, light stain & with a short tear to the panel's top edge. The jacket spine is chipped with a tear near the head. xi & 177 & [1] pages. There are tiny brown marks to the fore-edge & the front margins of 4 pages. Very good in a good dust wrapper.

First edition.

History of Ideas Series No. 2.

The book "traces the growing interest in Newton's prismatic discoveries and the 'scientific' poets' attempt to express in verse his theories on the nature of light." Among the poets considered are Mark Akenside, James Thompson and Edward Young. Very good .

Keywords: SCIENCE; PHYSICS; LIGHT; OPTICS; POETRY; ENGLISH POETS; NEWTON DEMANDS THE MUSE: Newton's OptiCks and the Eighteenth Century Poets; MARJORIE HOPE NICOLSON; ISAAC NEWTON; MARK AKENSIDE; JAMES THOMPSON; EDWARD YOUNG; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

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