The Man in the Moone and the New Astronomy: Godwin, Gilbert, Kepler
My study discusses the sources of a text which has strong claims to being regarded as the first piece of science fiction in the English language. The Man in the Moone (1638) by Francis Godwin recounts an imaginary journey to the moon by its hero, Domingo Gonsales. It was written in the context of ne...
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| Language: | English |
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Institut du Monde Anglophone
2005-05-01
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| Series: | Etudes Epistémè |
| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/episteme/2815 |