Occult Sciences in the Renaissance: A Study in Intellectual Patterns - Softcover

Shumaker, Wayne

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9780520038400: Occult Sciences in the Renaissance: A Study in Intellectual Patterns
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0520038401 ISBN 13: 9780520038400
Publisher: University of California Press, 1979

Synopsis

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

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About the Author

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

From the Back Cover

"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

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"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

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
University of California Press
Publication date
1979
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0520038401
ISBN 13 
9780520038400
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
305
Rating
  • 3.26 out of 5 stars
    23 ratings by Goodreads

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