Time's purpled masquers : stars and the afterlife in Renaissance English literature /

Alastair Fowler's fascinating study describes forgotten Renaissance beliefs about stellification (an afterlife in the stars through transformation into stellar or angelic substance after death), and explores the extraordinary prominence of astronomical imagery in Renaissance literature. The new...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Fowler, Alastair
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	New York : Clarendon Press, 1996.
Subjects:	English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism. Astronomy, Renaissance. Astronomy in literature. Immortality in literature. Future life in literature. Heaven in literature. Renaissance > England. Stars in literature. Death in literature. Figures of speech. Astronomie de la Renaissance. Astronomie dans la littérature. Immortalité dans la littérature. Vie future dans la littérature. Ciel > Aspect religieux, dans la littérature. Renaissance > Angleterre. Étoiles dans la littérature. Mort dans la littérature. Astronomy in literature Astronomy, Renaissance Death in literature English literature > Early modern Figures of speech Future life in literature Heaven in literature Immortality in literature Renaissance Stars in literature England Engels. Letterkunde. Sterrenkunde. Leven na de dood. Onsterfelijkheid. 1500-1700 English literature Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:

1. Histories of Heaven
2. Stellar Afterlives
3. Trumpets and Asterisms
4. Obelisks and Pyramids.