The Occult Sciences in the Renaissance - A Study in Intellectual Patterns

"The only short and acceptable summary and analysis of the five Renaissance occult sciences." - Times Literary Supplement

"The . . . usefulness of this book for students of Renaissance literature and culture will not soon be ended." - Virginia Quarterly Review

"The absence of contaminating traces either of condescension or of credulousness give this absorbing volume a special authority and place on the shelves of any reader or any library where the history of modern thoughts is relevant." - Scientific American

"A remarkable summary and analysis of the five systems of esoteric science so influential in the Renaissance." - Milton Quarterly

"A magnificent job of tying together a vast number of diverse sources into a unified whole . . . engrossing in its entirety." -The Sciences

Info autore

Wayne Shumaker is Professor of English at University of California, Berkeley.

Riassunto

"The only short and acceptable summary and analysis of the five Renaissance occult sciences." - Times Literary Supplement

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Wayne Shumaker, Shumaker Wayne
• Editore: University Presses
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 06.07.1979
• EAN: 9780520038400
• ISBN: 978-0-520-03840-0
• Pagine: 287
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 15 mm
• Peso: 499 g
• Serie: Study in Intellectual Patterns; Study in Intellectual Patterns
• Categorie: RELIGION / Wicca, PSYCHOLOGY / Experimental Psychology, RELIGION / Psychology of Religion, Parapsychological studies, Occult Studies, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Psychic Phenomena / General