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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Stuart Clark |
ISBN: | 9780199541607 0199541604 |
OCLC Number: | 1014877517 |
Description: | XI, 415 p. ill. 24 cm |
Contents: | PREFACE ; 1. Species: Vision and values ; 2. Fantasies: Seeing without what was within ; 3. Prestiges: Illusions in magic and art ; 4. Glamours: Demons and virtual worlds ; 5. Images: The reformation of the eyes ; 6. Apparitions: The discernment of spirits ; 7. Sights: King Saul and King Macbeth ; 8. Seemings: Philosophical scepticism ; 9. Dreams: The epistemology of sleep ; 10. Signs: Vision and the new philosophy ; BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Responsibility: | Stuart Clark. |
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[A] densely argued work. * British Journal for the History of Science * A major intellectual triumph, an indispensible and enlightening read for all those interested in the early modern body and its senses. * History Workshop Journal * [This book is] based on prodigiously wide reading and solid scholarship. * The English Historical Review * This book offers much new information on attitudes during the early modern period, attitudes that have been historically neglected ... [An] important piece of research. * Early Popular Visual Culture * ...compelling...Vanities of the Eye offers readers a taste of the unexpected and fruitful complexities to be gained by turning a serious eye to the historical questions of sight. * Yvonne Gasper Institute for Historical Review * an impressive and authoritative contribution to the cultural historu of sight that will provide a substantial resource for scholars working in a number of fields. * Jane Partner, Renaissance Quarterly * Read more...

