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Back to nature : the green and the real in the late Renaissance / Robert N. Watson.
Van Pelt Library PR428.N39 W39 2006
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Van Pelt Library PR428.N39 W39 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Watson, Robert N.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Nature in literature.
- Pastoral literature, English--History and criticism.
- Pastoral literature, English.
- Philosophy of nature in literature.
- Human ecology in literature.
- Renaissance--England.
- Renaissance.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 436 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2006]
- Contents:
- Ecology, epistemology, and empiricism
- Theology, semiotics, and literature
- As you liken it : simile in the forest
- Shades of green : Marvell's garden and the mowers
- Metaphysical and cavalier styles of consciousness
- The retreat of God, the passions of nature, and the objects of Dutch painting
- Nature in two dimensions : perspective and presence in Ryckaert, Vermeer, and others
- Metal and flesh in The merchant of Venice : shining substitutes and approximate values
- Thomas Traherne : the world as present.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [397]-417) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0812239059
- 9780812239058
- OCLC:
- 61261329
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