It takes the average reader 3 hours and 20 minutes to read Cosmos and Image in the Renaissance by Kathryn Banks
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Renaissance images could be real as well as linguistic. Human beings were often believed to be an image of the cosmos, and the sun an image of God. Kathryn Banks explores the implications of this for poetic language and argues that linguistic images were a powerful tool for rethinking cosmic conceptions. She reassesses the role of natural-philosophical poetry in France, focusing upon its most well-known and widely-read exponent, Guillaume de Saluste Du Bartas.Through a sustained analysis of Maurice Sceve's Delie , Banks also rethinks love lyric's oft-noted use of the beloved as image of the...
Cosmos and Image in the Renaissance by Kathryn Banks is 200 pages long, and a total of 50,000 words.
This makes it 67% the length of the average book. It also has 61% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 33 minutes to read Cosmos and Image in the Renaissance aloud.
Cosmos and Image in the Renaissance is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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