A reputation history of John Dee (1527-1609) : the life of an Elizabethan intellectual / Robert W. Barone ; with a foreword by Nicholas H. Clulee.
Pubblicazione:
Lewiston, N.Y. : The Edwin Mellen press, c2009.
Descrizione fisica:
xi, 191 p. ; 24 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Foreword / by Nicholas H. Clulee. Chronology. Acknowledgments. Preface. Pt. 1. The making of a reputation: 1. Dee's early life, 1527-1553 2. Uneasy times: Dee's fortunes during the reign of Mary, 1553-1558 3. The queen's philosopher: the apex of a career, 1558-1583 4. Contact with angels and travels abroad: waning fortunes and desperate hopes, 1583-1589 5. Twilight years: broken promises and broken dreams, 1590-1608/9. Pt. 2. The evolution of a reputation: 6. Seventeenth century reception: casting the die 7. The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries: a reputations journey from the age of reason through the Victorian age 8. The twentieth century to the present day: a reputation revised. Conclusion: Dee's place in history. Bibliography. Index
