The Sky in Early Modern English Literature A Study of Allusions to Celestial Events in Elizabethan and Jacobean Writing, 1572-1620 /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Levy, David H. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2011.
• Έκδοση: 1.
• Θέματα: Physics.; Arts.; History.; Philology.; Linguistics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Language and Literature.; History, general.

When a dissertation gets completed, the normal rule is that it is never read. By anyone.  David H. Levy’s dissertation - The Sky in Early Modern English Literature:  A Study of Allusions to Celestial Events in Elizabethan and Jacobean Writing, 1572-1620 - is different.  It opens a whole new interdis...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Abstract
• Preface
• General Introduction
• Chapter One: The Stella Novae of 1572 and 1604
• Chapter Two: Comets and Meteors: A Rich Harvest from 1573 to 1607
• Chapter Three: These Late Eclipses
• Chapter Four: Of Signs and Seasons
• Chapter Five: The Telescope in Early Modern English Literature
• Appendix: A Selection of References to the Sky in Writings from 1572 to 1620
• Postscript
• Works cited.