World-Building and the Early Modern Imagination - Softcover

 
9781349290147: World-Building and the Early Modern Imagination

Synopsis

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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ALLISON B. KAVEY is an Associate Professor in the History Department at City University of New York, John Jay College, USA.

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