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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Florence March
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institut du Monde Anglophone 2006-10-01
Series:Etudes Epistémè
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/episteme/958