World-Building and the Early Modern Imagination

Book Overview

The early modern period was rife with attempts to re-imagine 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 that circulated in Europe during this era.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349290149
• ISBN13: 9781349290147
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"