John Dee's Conversations with Angels - Cabala, Alchemy, and the End of Nature (Paperback, New ed)


John Dee's angel conversations have been an enigmatic facet of Elizabethan England's most famous natural philosopher's life and work. Professor Harkness contextualizes Dee's angel conversations within the natural philosophical, religious and social contexts of his time. She argues that they represent a continuing development of John Dee's earlier concerns and interests. These conversations include discussions of the natural world, the practice of natural philosophy, and the apocalypse.

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John Dee's angel conversations have been an enigmatic facet of Elizabethan England's most famous natural philosopher's life and work. Professor Harkness contextualizes Dee's angel conversations within the natural philosophical, religious and social contexts of his time. She argues that they represent a continuing development of John Dee's earlier concerns and interests. These conversations include discussions of the natural world, the practice of natural philosophy, and the apocalypse.

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Product Details

General

Imprint

Cambridge UniversityPress

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Release date

November 2006

Availability

Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

First published

1999

Authors

Dimensions

231 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - Trade

Pages

268

Edition

New ed

ISBN-13

978-0-521-02748-9

Barcode

9780521027489

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LSN

0-521-02748-9



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