{"product_id":"9783031780844","title":"Shakespeare’s Theater of Nature Science, Religion, and the Orders of Mimesis in Early Modern Europe","description":"\u003ch3\u003ePalgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eShakespeare’s Theater of Nature\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eScience, Religion, and the Orders of Mimesis in Early Modern Europe\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAaron Kitch\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Modern \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShakespeare’s Theater of Nature \u003c\/em\u003eargues that Shakespeare combined art and nature in new ways while experimenting with relations between words, images, and objects as sources of knowledge and pleasure.  Shakespeare’s re-centering of nature as a source of theatrical representation in a range of plays follows debates in natural philosophy and theology about how to understand divinity in and through the order of nature (\u003cem\u003eordo creationis\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003cem\u003e. \u003c\/em\u003eEarly chapters analyze early modern reframing of nature by printed books of botany, cosmology, and history—as well Tudor interludes that center nature as a subject—while later chapters offer readings of eight plays by Shakespeare that draw on classical, medieval, and early modern debates in natural philosophy and theology to create new modes of dramatic mimesis. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAaron Kitch\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of English at Bowdoin College, USA, and the author of \u003cem\u003ePolitical Economy and the States of Literature in Early Modern England \u003c\/em\u003e(2009). Together with Jennifer Rust, he is the co-editor of \u003cem\u003eRethinking Science and Religion in Early Modern Culture \u003c\/em\u003e(2025) and has published articles in \u003cem\u003eStudies in English Literature, Religion and Literature, Shakespeare Quarterly, Modern Philology, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eConfigurations, \u003c\/em\u003eamong other journals.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e07 March 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783031780844\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e301\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51032069669004,"sku":"9783031780844","price":143.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783031780844.jpg?v=1782484335","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783031780844","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}