Buch, Englisch, 180 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 370 g
Buch, Englisch, 180 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 370 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-818340-2
Verlag: OUP Oxford
Alastair Fowler's fascinating study explores the extraordinary prominence of astronomical imagery in Renaissance literature. Although the stars were important astrologically, this is at best a partial explanation for the popularity of such imagery, and the impact of astronomical discoveries (particularly their implications for stellification, or translation to the stars) is also an important factor. Seventeenth-century culture was both religious and materialistic and the literature of the period shows a great variety of negotiated reconciliations of the two.
