Theatres and encyclopedias in early modern Europe
In this book West explores what 'theatre' meant to Medieval and Renaissance writers and places Renaissance drama, for the first time, within the influential context of the encyclopedic writings produced at the time. It was an encyclopedic culture, obsessed with sorting knowledge and early...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press
2002
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ;
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| Online Access: | Acceso a las primeras páginas |
| See on Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991010202219708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction. 1. The space of the Encyclopedia. 2. The idea of a theatre. 3. Tricks of vision, truths of discourse. 4. Holding the mirror up to nature. 5. The show of learning and the performance of knowledge. 6. Francis Bacon's Theatre of OrpheusNotes Works cited. Index
