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Autore |
Sokol B. J |
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Titolo |
A brave new world of knowledge : Shakespeare's The tempest and early modern epistemology / / B.J. Sokol |
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Madison, : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press |
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London ; Cranbury, NJ, : Associated University Presses, c2003 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (274 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Knowledge, Theory of - History - 17th century |
Knowledge, Theory of, in literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-265) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- A Brave New World of Knowledge -- Introduction -- 1 The Natural History of Pearls and the Pearls in Ariel's Second Song -- 2 Scientific Theory: The Example of Thomas Harriot and Virginia -- 3 The Tempest and New World Cultural Encounter -- 4 The Tempest, Atmospheric Science, Prague Magi, and a Jamestown Experimenter -- 5 '' The Strong Necessity of Time'' -- 6 The Natural and the Supernatural -- 7 Why Prospero Abjures ''Rough Magic,'' and What He Must '' Acknowledge'' -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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