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: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230105882
• ISBN13: 9780230105881
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.3"