The Ash Wednesday Supper : A New Translation /

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"Giordano Bruno wrote this dialogue in 1583. The Ash Wednesday Supper is concerned with two major themes: a cosmological theme concerning the new post Copernican astronomy and Bruno's infinitist reading of it; and the other a social/historical theme concerning the english society, both hig...

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Main Author: Bruno, Giordano, 1548-1600 (Author)
Other Authors: Gatti, Hilary (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Italiano
Published: [Los Angeles] : The UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Copernicus, Nicolaus, > 1473-1543.
Occultism.
Astronomy.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance
SCIENCE > Astronomy.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Occultism.
Occultisme > Ouvrages avant 1900.
Astronomie > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Occultism > Early works to 1900.
Astronomy > Early works to 1800.
Early works.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Giordano Bruno wrote this dialogue in 1583. The Ash Wednesday Supper is concerned with two major themes: a cosmological theme concerning the new post Copernican astronomy and Bruno's infinitist reading of it; and the other a social/historical theme concerning the english society, both high and low, of which Bruno was a guest and with which he developed a complex and often conflictual relationship."--
Item Description:"A new translation of La cena de le ceneri with the Italian text annotated and introduced by Hilary Gatti."
Physical Description:1 online resource (376 pages).
ISBN:9781487513184

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