Mapping Mortality: The Persistence of Memory and Melancholy in Early Modern England

by William E. Engel

A combined philosophical and literary approach to intellectual history and the arts showing the extent to which Renaissance cognitive processes and symbol systems were mnemonic in both conception and application, often based on the relation of body and soul over, and through, time.

Genres: History

304 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1995