The swerve : how the world became modern / Stephen Greenblatt.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : W.W. NortonCopyright date: ©2011Edition: First editionDescription: 356 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Audience:
  • General
ISBN:
  • 9780393064476 (hardcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 940.2/1 23
  • 940.2 14
LOC classification:
  • PA6484 .G69 2011
Contents:
The book hunter -- The moment of discovery -- In search of Lucretius -- The teeth of time -- Birth and rebirth -- In the lie factory -- A pit to catch foxes -- The way things are -- The return -- Swerves -- Afterlives.
Summary: A humanities professor describes the impact had by the translation of the last remaining manuscript of "On the Nature of Things" by Roman philosopher Lucretius, which fueled the Renaissance and inspired artists, great thinkers, and scientists.
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Books Books John Tomay Memorial Library ANF 940.2 GRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31030100026475

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-335) and index.

The book hunter -- The moment of discovery -- In search of Lucretius -- The teeth of time -- Birth and rebirth -- In the lie factory -- A pit to catch foxes -- The way things are -- The return -- Swerves -- Afterlives.

A humanities professor describes the impact had by the translation of the last remaining manuscript of "On the Nature of Things" by Roman philosopher Lucretius, which fueled the Renaissance and inspired artists, great thinkers, and scientists.

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