Deborah E. Harkness (Associate Professor, University of California,

Broschiertes Buch

John Dee's Conversations with Angels

Cabala, Alchemy, and the End of Nature

Beschreibung

John Dee's angel conversations have been an enigmatic facet of Elizabethan England's most famous natural philosopher's life and work. Professor Harkness contextualizes Dee's angel conversations within the natural philosophical, religious and social contexts of his time. These conversations include discussions of the natural world, the practice of natural philosophy, and the apocalypse.

Autor

Deborah Harkness is Associate Professor of History at the University of Southern California. She is the prize-winning author of articles on John Dee's angel conversations and his household.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 410g
• ISBN-13: 9780521027489
• ISBN-10: 0521027489
• Artikelnr.: 21984970