Defenders of the Text: The Traditions of Scholarship in an Age of Science, 1450-1800

by Anthony Grafton

Book Overview

Anthony Grafton is erudite and elegant in the style of the best historical writers who make the past come alive for the reader. In a full-scale presentation of the world of scholarship, from the Renaissance to the modern period, Grafton sets before us in three-dimensional detail such seminal figures as Poliziano, Scaliger, Kepler, and Wolf. He calls attention to continuities, moments of crisis, and changes in direction.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674195450
• ISBN13: 9780674195455
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"