The Ash Wednesday Supper /:

"Giordano Bruno wrote this dialogue in 1583. The Ash Wednesday Supper is concerned with two major themes: a cosmological theme concerning the new post Copernican astronomy and Bruno's infinitist reading of it; and the other a social/historical theme concerning the english society, both hig...

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Main Author: Bruno, Giordano, 1548-1600 (Author)
Other Authors: Gatti, Hilary (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Italian
Published: Toronto : [Los Angeles] : University of Toronto Press ; The UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, [2018]
Series:Lorenzo da Ponte Italian library.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:"Giordano Bruno wrote this dialogue in 1583. The Ash Wednesday Supper is concerned with two major themes: a cosmological theme concerning the new post Copernican astronomy and Bruno's infinitist reading of it; and the other a social/historical theme concerning the english society, both high and low, of which Bruno was a guest and with which he developed a complex and often conflictual relationship."--
Item Description:"A new translation of La cena de le ceneri with the Italian text annotated and introduced by Hilary Gatti."
Physical Description:1 online resource (lxiv, 302 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781487513184
1487513186

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