World-Building and the Early Modern Imagination

Kavey, A.

The early modern period was rife with attempts to re-imagine the world and the human place within it. This volume looks at natural philosophers, playwrights, historians, and other figures in the period 1500-1700 as a means of accessing the plethora of world models that circulated in Europe during this era.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2010-11-17

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230105881

DOI: 10.1057/9780230113138

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 270