Mathematics and Late Elizabethan Drama
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| Summary: | XI, 242 p. 16 illus., 9 illus. in color. text |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2019.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2019. |
| Series: | Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26566-3 |
| Format: | Electronic Book |
Table of Contents:
- -1. Introduction
- 2. Algebra and the Art of War: Marlowe’s Tamburlaine 1 and 2
- 3. ‘Magic, and the Mathematic Rules’: Greene’s Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay
- 4. Circular Geometries: Dekker’s Old Fortunatus
- 5. Infinities and Infinitesimals: Shakespeare’s Hamlet
- 6. Quantifying Death, Calculating Revenge: Chettle’s Tragedy of Hoffman
- 7. Conclusion.