Farce, satire et science dans The Emperor of the Moon (1687) d’Aphra Behn
As suggested by its title, The Emperor of the Moon : A Farce (1687) by Aphra Behn consists of a satirical staging of the New Astronomy and, on a wider scale, of experimental science, even though, by a process of contamination, astrology, alchemy and Rosicrucianism are also inevitably targeted. Altho...
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Language: | English |
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Institut du Monde Anglophone
2006-10-01
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Series: | Etudes Epistémè |
Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/episteme/958 |