Eclipse and Revelation: Total Solar Eclipses in Science, History, Literature, and the Arts

Cover
Title
Copyright Page
Dedication
Preface: \'Cosmos\' is for Harmony
Acknowledgements
Contents
Book Summary
List of Contributors
Introduction: Chasing the Total Solar Eclipse, On the Road and in the Archive
I. COSMOS
	1 The Cosmic Clockwork: The How and When of Total Solar Eclipses
	2 The Unveiling of the Corona
	3 Pre-Modern Astronomies of Eclipses in the Near East and Europe
	4 From Science to Story: Testimony of an Eclipse-Chaser
II. HISTORY AND RELIGION
	5 Solar Eclipses across Early Asia
	6 `The Face of the World was Wretched, Horrifying, Black, Remarkable\': Solar Eclipses in the Middle Ages
	7 Annus Tenebrosus: Black Monday, Faith, and Political Fervour in Early Modern England
	8 Signs and Portents: Reflections on the History of Solar Eclipses
III. ARTS AND LITERATURE
	9 Dante\'s Total Eclipses
	10 Eclipsed?: The Nineteenth-Century Quest to Capture Solar Eclipses in Art, Science, and Technology
	11 Total Eclipse of the Art: Vision, Occlusion, Representation
	12 When Words Fail: Eclipse, Music, and Sound
IV. ANIMALS, WEATHER, ENVIRONMENT
	13 Animal Behaviour and Eclipse
	14 Weather and the Solar Eclipse: Nature\'s Meteorological Experiment
	Conclusion: The Moon and the Sun in the Afternoon
	Appendix: The Eclipse-Chaser\'s Toolkit
	A. IMPORTANT: Eye Safety Notice
	B. Eclipse Glossary
	C. A Short Total Eclipse Reading List
	D. Upcoming Eclipses
Select Bibliography
Index