A brave new world of knowledge : Shakespeare's The tempest and early modern epistemology / / B.J. Sokol
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Madison, : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press |
| London ; Cranbury, NJ, : Associated University Presses, c2003 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (274 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 822.3/3 |
| Soggetto topico: | Knowledge, Theory of - History - 17th century |
| Knowledge, Theory of, in literature | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-265) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A brave new world of knowledge |
| ISBN: | 0-8386-4349-3 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910815128403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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