Mapping Mortality The Persistence of Memory and Melancholy in Early Modern England |
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| Author:
| Engel, William E. |
| Series title: | Massachusetts Studies in Early Modern Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-87023-998-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1996 |
| Publisher: | University of Massachusetts Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $50.00 |
Book Description:
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A study of the ways in which people in early modern England confronted, accommodated and paid tribute to mortal life and certain death. Drawing on prose and poetry, painting and statuary, social practices and religious rites, Engel reopens central questions about Renaissance habits of thought.
A study of the ways in which people in early modern England confronted, accommodated and paid tribute to mortal life and certain death. Drawing on prose and poetry, painting and statuary, social practices and religious rites, Engel reopens central questions about Renaissance habits of thought.