When we catastrophize, we think the worst. We make too much of too little, or something of
nothing. Yet what looks simply like a bad habit, Gerard Passannante argues, was also a�…

This dissertation studies the culture of mathematical practice in Elizabethan England. It looks
in detail at the work of a small group of mathematical practitioners whose careers all�…

In this wide-ranging and original study, Margaret Tudeau-Clayton examines how Virgil-the
poet as well as his texts-was mediated in early modern England. She analyses what was at�…

The Automaton in English Renaissance Literature features original essays exploring the
automaton-from animated statue to anthropomorphized machine-in the poetry, prose and�…

This study reassesses the occult philosophy of the British polymath John Dee (1527-1609).
Focusing on his treatise Monas hieroglyphica (1564) and his notorious angelic�…

Dreams in Early Modern England offers an in-depth exploration of the variety of different
ways in which early modern people understood and interpreted dreams, from medical�…

The obsidian mirror associated with the Elizabethan polymath and magus John Dee (1527–
1608/1609) has been an object of fascination for centuries. The mirror, however, has a�…

Engaging with histories of the book and of reading, as well as with studies of material
culture, this volume explores' popularity'in early modern English writings. Is' popular'best�…

An analysis of Sir Humphrey Gilbert's 1583 expedition to North America, which was
England's first attempt at colonization beyond Britain, shows that the nation's earliest�…

The spiritual status of the early modern child was often confused and uncertain, and yet in
the wake of the English Reformation became an issue of urgent interest. This book explores�…