The Dark Lantern: A Historical Study of Sight in Shakespeare, Webster, and Middleton |
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... light for himself , a flame of fire burning through a wintry night ; he fits linen screens against all the winds , but the light that is more diffuse leaps through , and shines across the threshold with unfailing beams . In the same way ...
... light for himself , a flame of fire burning through a wintry night ; he fits linen screens against all the winds , but the light that is more diffuse leaps through , and shines across the threshold with unfailing beams . In the same way ...
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... light meta- physics of the kind espoused by Robert Grosseteste . Like Kepler's astronomy , it is " profoundly inspired and shaped by Neoplatonic thought " ( 1986 : 7 ) . What this means is that Kepler himself , the author of a veritable ...
... light meta- physics of the kind espoused by Robert Grosseteste . Like Kepler's astronomy , it is " profoundly inspired and shaped by Neoplatonic thought " ( 1986 : 7 ) . What this means is that Kepler himself , the author of a veritable ...
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... Lights ! O , horrible ! Ferd . Let her have lights enough . Exit . ( 51-53 ) In order to confirm her tactile apprehension of the severed hand the Duchess calls for light , and at first the torches prove her right . But the flood of light ...
... Lights ! O , horrible ! Ferd . Let her have lights enough . Exit . ( 51-53 ) In order to confirm her tactile apprehension of the severed hand the Duchess calls for light , and at first the torches prove her right . But the flood of light ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | iii |
THE DARK LANTERN | 45 |
THE REFORMED EYE | 107 |
Copyright | |
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