"Philosophy, European 16th-17th centuries." . . "Philosophy, European." . . "Philosophers." . . "Verbeelding." . . "Philosophy, European History 16th century." . . "Geschichte 1500-1700." . . "Europe." . . "Weltanschauung Geschichte 17. Jh Kongressbericht." . . "Imagination (philosophie) 16e siècle." . . "Weltanschauung Geschichte 16. Jh Kongressbericht." . . "Kosmographie." . . "Philosophy, European History 17th century." . . "European history Modern period, c 1500 onwards Europe." . . "European history Modern period, c 1500 onwards Europe" . "Filosofía moderna Europa s.16-17." . . "Europa." . . "Europa" . "HISTORY." . . "History." . "Philosophers History 16th century Europe." . . "Filosofía Europa s.16-17." . . "Philosophes Europe 17e siècle." . . "1500 - 1699" . . "Electronic books." . . "Weltbild." . . "Philosophers Europe History 17th century." . . "16th century." . . "Europa (geografie)." . . "Europa (geografie)" . "Philosophers Europe History 16th century." . . "Imagination History 16th century." . . "Europe" . . "17th century." . . "Weltanschauung." . . "Imagination (philosophie) 17e siècle." . . "Social & cultural history Modern period, c 1500 onwards Europe." . . "Social & cultural history Modern period, c 1500 onwards Europe" . "Philosophers History 17th century Europe." . . . . "Imagination History 17th century." . . "Philosophers Europe 16th-17th centuries." . . "Geestesgeschiedenis." . . . "World-building and the early modern imagination"@en . "World-building and the early modern imagination" . . . . . . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . . "\"From British attempts on the stage and page to reinvent the world order with their island at the center to the Jesuit Athanasius Kircher's museum that strove to make the invisible visible, the early modern period was rife with attempts to reimagine the world and the human place within it. This volume looks at natural philosophers, playwrights, historians, and other figures in the period 1500-1700 as a means of accessing the plethora of world models that circulated in Europe during this era\"" . . . . "\"From British attempts on the stage and page to reinvent the world order with their island at the center to the Jesuit Athanasius Kircher's museum that strove to make the invisible visible, the early modern period was rife with attempts to reimagine the world and the human place within it. This volume looks at natural philosophers, playwrights, historians, and other figures in the period 1500-1700 as a means of accessing the plethora of world models that circulated in Europe during this era\"--" . "\"From British attempts on the stage and page to reinvent the world order with their island at the center to the Jesuit Athanasius Kircher's museum that strove to make the invisible visible, the early modern period was rife with attempts to reimagine the world and the human place within it. This volume looks at natural philosophers, playwrights, historians, and other figures in the period 1500-1700 as a means of accessing the plethora of world models that circulated in Europe during this era\"--"@en . . . . . . . . . "\"The imagination as something other than a source of literary invention is drawing increasing attention in recent years, and this anthology is a noteworthy addition. With essays ranging in topic from the occult to the protoscientific to various forms of colonial propaganda, this book is well-conceived and tightly constructed, with a clear trajectory that runs from actual or literal cosmology through imagined utopias and into idealized colonialist projects. The focus on the imagination and the variety of disciplines covered make World-Building and the Early Modern Imagination as timely and useful as it is stimulating and informative.\" - Walter Stephens, Charles S. Singleton Professor of Italian Studies, Johns Hopkins University \"This is an excellent volume that deals with subjects of considerable interest for a wide variety of readers - in history, history of science, literature, cultural studies, and philosophy. It provides a well-framed and balanced discussion of topics that are both engaging and either entirely novel or approached with new insights and evidence. World-Building and the Early Modern Imagination contains important new contributions to our knowledge.\" - Lawrence M. Principe, Drew Professor of the Humanities, Johns Hopkins University." . . . . . . . . . . . "World-Building and the Early Modern Imagination"@en . "World-Building and the early modern imagination" . . . . . . . . "Elektronisches Buch" . . . . . . . "The early modern period was rife with attempts to re-imagine the world and the human place within it. This volume looks at natural philosophers, playwrights, historians, and other figures in the period 1500-1700 as a means of accessing the plethora of world models that circulated in Europe during this era."@en . . . . . "The early modern period was rife with attempts to re-imagine the world and the human place within it. This volume looks at natural philosophers, playwrights, historians, and other figures in the period 1500-1700 as a means of accessing the plethora of world models that circulated in Europe during this era. From British attempts on the stage and page to reinvent the world order with their island at the center to the Jesuit Athanasius Kircher's museum that strove to make the invisible visible, the early modern period was rife with attempts to reimagine the world and the human place within it. This volume looks at natural philosophers, playwrights, historians, and other figures in the period 1500-1700 as a means of accessing the plethora of world models that circulated in Europe during this era. Contributors to this volume ask what motivated institutions and individuals to engage in world-building, examining its cultural utility and the reception these new worlds received. Close textual and visual analysis provide the foundation for the book, and the array of sources illustrates the rich tapestry of ideas, anxieties, and enthusiasms that served as the basis for world-building. Only through investigating imagined worlds as closely as scholars have examined \"real\" Renaissance landscapes can we hope to understand the intellectual and cultural reassessments that characterized this period, and the critical importance of imagination and belief in its intellectual landscape." . . . . . . . . "Aufsatzsammlung" . . . . . . "History" . "History"@en . . . "Philosophes Europe 16e siècle." . . "Intellectual life." . . "Imagination." . .