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The Swerve: How the World Became Modern - Stephen Greenblatt
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
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Format: ebook
ISBN: 9780393083385 (0393083381)
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 356
Edition language: English
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Classics, Non Fiction, History, Science, Religion, Philosophy, Historical
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Sheila's Reads
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4.0 THE SWERVE: HOW THE WORLD BECAME MODERN by Stephen Greenblat
text THE SWERVE: HOW THE WORLD BECAME MODERN by Stephen Greenblat
The story of how Lucretius', The Nature of Things, was found and brought to the modern world. At times it was over my head. I had to re-read some paragraphs to understand what was being said. I liked the synopsis of Lucretius' work. I also liked learning about the time of three popes. Interesting bu...
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Betsy's Non-Blog
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4.0 The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
text The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
I really enjoyed this book, but I also felt slightly disappointed. I'm not very familiar with the Renaissance or many of the movements discussed -- humanism, atomism, Epicureanism, and it was fascinating. But I felt that Greenblatt's concentration on the impact of De Rerum Naturum on a few selected ...
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The Swerve: How the World Became Modern - Stephen Greenblatt
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern - Stephen Greenblatt
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Greenblatt, Stephen (1st (first) Edition) [Paperback(2012)] - Stephen Greenblatt
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern - Stephen Greenblatt
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern Audio Cd - Stephen Greenblatt, Edoardo Ballerini
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern - Stephen Greenblatt
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