A reputation history of John Dee, 1527-1609 the life of an Elizabethan intellectual
This work argues that the Elizabethan polymath John Dee was not the influential intellectual he purported himself to be. Dee's scientific works were anachronistic and in no way heralded the new age of experimental science. This book traces the course of Dee's life showing how he was a marg...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lewiston, N.Y. :
Edwin Mellen Press
c2009.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31029619*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- pt. I. The making of a reputation. Dee's early life : 1527-1553
- Uneasy times : Dee's fortunes during the reign of Mary : 1553-1558
- The Queen's philosopher : the apex of a career : 1558-1583
- Contact with angels and travels abroad : waning fortunes and desperate hopes : 1583-1589
- Twilight years : broken promises and broken dreams : 1590-1608/9
- pt. II. The evolution of a reputation. Seventeenth century reception : casting the die
- The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries : a reputations journey from the Age of Reason through the Victorian Age
- The twentieth century to the present day : a reputation revised
- Conclusion: Dee's place in history.
