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

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 int...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Levy, David H. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Edición:1st ed. 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo

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505 0 |a 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. 
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