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The key of green : passion and perception in Renaissance culture

Title
The key of green : passion and perception in Renaissance culture / Bruce R. Smith.
Author
Smith, Bruce R., 1946-
Publication
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
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Description
326 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), music; 24 cm.
Subject
  • English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism
  • Color in literature
  • Color > Psychological aspects
  • Color (Philosophy)
  • Visual perception in literature
  • Senses and sensation in literature
  • Mind and body in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-313) and indexes.
Contents
Introduction: About green -- Light at 500-510 nanometers and the seventeenth-century crisis of consciousness -- Green stuff -- Between black and white -- Green spectacles -- Listening for green -- The curtain between the theatre and the Globe -- Afterword: Coloring books.
Call Number
JFE 09-484
ISBN
  • 9780226763781 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226763781 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2008015850
OCLC
225876113
Author
Smith, Bruce R., 1946-
Title
The key of green : passion and perception in Renaissance culture / Bruce R. Smith.
Imprint
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-313) and indexes.
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