Screen LibraryBack to nature：the green and the real in the late Renaissance
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia |
| Publication Dates: | c2006. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | viii, 436 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
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0812239059 (hdbk. : alk. paper) 9780812239058 (hdbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | I561 |
| CLC: | I561.06 |
| Call Number: | I561.06/W341 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [397]-417) and index. 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. |