World-Building and the Early Modern Imagination

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.

Author: A. Kavey
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 11/17/2010
Pages: 270
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781349290147

About the Author

ALLISON B. KAVEY is an Associate Professor in the History Department at City University of New York, John Jay College, USA.