The Culture Wars of the Late Renaissance
Skeptics, Libertines, and Opera
Published on 1. July 2009
191 pages
978-0-674-04126-4 (ISBN)
Description
Muir explores an era of cultural innovation that promoted free inquiry in the face of philosophical and theological orthodoxy, advocated libertine morals, critiqued the tyranny of aristocratic fathers over their daughters, and expanded the theatrical potential of grand opera. In so doing, he reveals the distinguished past of today's culture wars.
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Digital original
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English
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Cambridge, MA; London
United States
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Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
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Digital original
ISBN-13
978-0-674-04126-4 (9780674041264)
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05/2007
Harvard University Press
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Content
Contents List of Illustrations Preface Introduction 1. The Skeptics Galileo's telescope andcremonini's headache 2. The Libertines The celestial divorce 3. The Librettists Poppea in the opera box Notes Index
