Giordano Bruno and the Geometry of Language
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Giordano Bruno and the Geometry of Language

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Giordano Bruno and the Geometry of Language brings to the fore a sixteenth-century philosopher's role in early modern Europe as a bridge between science and literature, or more specifically, between the spatial paradigm of geometry and that of language. Arielle Saiber examines how, to invite what Bruno believed to be an infinite universe-its qualities and vicissitudes-into the world of language, Bruno forged a system of 'figurative' vocabularies: number, form, space, and word. This verbal and symbolic system in which geometric figures are seen to underlie rhetorical figures, is what Saiber calls 'geometric rhetoric.' Through analysis of Bruno's writings, Saiber shows how Bruno's writing necessitates a crafting of space, and is, in essence, a lexicon of spatial concepts. This study constitutes an original contribution both to scholarship on Bruno and to the fields of early modern scientific and literary studies. It also addresses the broader question of what role geometry has in the formation of any language and literature of any place and time.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2017
ISBN
9781351933674
Edition
1
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literary Criticism for Comparative Literature
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Literary and Scientific Cultures of Early Modernity
  6. List of Figures
  7. Editions, Translations, and Abbreviations of Bruno’s Works
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. 101 Introduction
  10. 1 Axioms
  11. 2 Foci
  12. 3 Lines: The Candle Bearer
  13. 4 Angles: The Heroic Frenzies
  14. 5 Curves: The Ash Wednesday Supper
  15. 6 The Point
  16. Bibliography
  17. Index