The Poetry of Susan Howe: History, Theology, Authority

by William Montgomery

Book Overview

From British attempts on the stage and page to reinvent the world order with their island at the center to the Jesuit Athanasius Kircher's museum that strove to make the invisible visible, the early modern period was rife with attempts to reimagine the world and the human place within it. This volume looks at natural philosophers, playwrights, historians, and other figures in the period 1500-1700 as a means of accessing the plethora of world models...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023062197X
• ISBN13: 9780230621978
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 219 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3"