Spectacular Science, Technology and Superstition in the Age of Shakespeare [1 ed.] 9781474427838, 9781474427814

To the readers who ask themselves: What is science?', this volume provides an answer from an early modern perspecti

139 55 510KB

English Pages 289 Year 2017

Spectacular Science, Technology and Superstition in the Age of Shakespeare [1 ed.]
9781474427838, 9781474427814

Explores the interaction between science, literature and spectacle in Shakespeare’s era To the readers who ask themselv

169 99 12MB Read more

In Privacy in the Age of Shakespeare, Ronald Huebert challenges these assumptions by marshalling evidence that it was in

147 77 2MB Read more

In Privacy in the Age of Shakespeare, Ronald Huebert challenges these assumptions by marshalling evidence that it was in

213 101 3MB Read more

The crises of faith that fractured Reformation Europe also caused crises of individual and collective identity. Structur

206 60 1MB Read more

146 119 107MB Read more

560 128 1MB Read more

Shakespeare, Roychoudhury shows, was influenced by paradigmatic epistemic shifts of his time, and he in turn demonstrate

181 5 8MB Read more

In Shakespeare's England, credit was synonymous with reputation, and reputation developed in the interplay of langu

512 87 3MB Read more

204 65 114KB Read more

329 67 1MB Read more