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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Levy, David H. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Edition:1st ed. 2011.
Subjects:
Astronomy-Observations.
Language and languages-Style.
History.
Arts.
Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
Stylistics.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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