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The English Renaissance stage : geometry, poetics, and the practical spatial arts 1580-1630

Henry S. Turner (Author)
Examines the history of English dramatic form and its relationship to the mathematics, technology, and early scientific thought during the Renaissance period. This book demonstrates how the drama of Shakespeare, Dekker, Jonson, and others cannot be explained without reference to early scientific thought.
Print Book, English, 2006
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2006
1 v. (XV-326 p.) : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780199287383, 0199287384
470289228
PART 1: DIAGRAM, IMAGE, ICON; PART 2: STAGE, WALL, SCENE, PLOT
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