The uses of the future in early modern Europe

This collection of essays examines the idea of the future in early modern European literature, politics, religion, science, and social life. Investigating how both elite and popular writers represented their access to or control over the future, it proposes new insights into one of the defining characteristics of modernity.--

Year

2010

Language

English

Series

Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture -- 12

Publisher

Routledge

Editions

8

Pages

242

ISBN

9780415995405

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