Science, Reading, and Renaissance Literature
Subtitle: The Art of Making Knowledge, 15801670 (Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 12, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780521037686
Subjects: Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries; c 1500 to c 1600; c 1600 to c 1700; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; British Isles; Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; 17th century; Early modern, 1500-1700; England; English literature; History; History and criticism; Literature and science; Science in literature
First sentence: In Richard II, the dying John of Gaunt describes the England he once knew as a special type of place: This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars.