The Elizabethan World Picture by E M W Tillyard

The Elizabethan World Picture by E M W Tillyard

The Elizabethans took from the Middle Ages the modified view of the universe which, Platonic and biblical in origin, radically differed from our own. For them all creation was ranged in an unalterable order from the angels down to man - for whom the world existed - and thence to the beasts and plants. In this short study Dr Tillyard not only elucidates such fairly familiar - though often mystifying - concepts as the four elements, the celestial harmony of 'nine enfolded Sphears', or macrocosm and microcosm; he also shows how this world picture was variously regarded as a chain of being, a network of correspondences, and a cosmic dance. Such concepts were commonplace to the Elizabethans. By expounding them the author has rendered plain, and not merely picturesque, the literature and thinking of an age.

Shines a brilliant light-- Toby Clements * The Big Issue in the North *

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ISBN 13	9780712666060
ISBN 10	0712666060
Titel	The Elizabethan World Picture
Autor	E M W Tillyard
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Vintage
Erscheinungsjahr	1998-04-02
Seitenanzahl	128
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.