The Purple Island and Anatomy in Early Seventeenth-century Literature, Philosophy, and Theology

The Purple Island and Anatomy in Early Seventeenth-century Literature, Philosophy, and Theology
Author: Peter Mitchell
Publisher: Associated University Presse
Total Pages: 722
Release: 2007
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780838640180

Sets out to reconstruct and analyze the rationality of Phineas Fletcher's use of figurality in The Purple Island (1633) - a poetic allegory of human anatomy. This book demonstrates that the analogies and metaphors of literary works share coherence and consistency with anatomy textbooks.

The Mutabilitie Cantos

The Mutabilitie Cantos
Author: Edmund Spenser
Publisher:
Total Pages: 176
Release: 1968
Genre: Poetry
ISBN:

These cantos, published posthumously, are general agreed to contain some of the finest poetry in "The Faerie Queene", and are of central importance in the study of philosophic and religious beliefs in the late sixteenth century.