A Critical Edition of Alexander's Ross's 1647 Mystagogus Poeticus, or The Muses Interpreter
Author | : John R. Glenn |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 661 |
Release | : 2019-05-23 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780429682773 |
ISBN-13 | : 0429682778 |
Rating | : 4/5 (778 Downloads) |
Download or read book A Critical Edition of Alexander's Ross's 1647 Mystagogus Poeticus, or The Muses Interpreter written by John R. Glenn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-23 with total page 661 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1987, this is a critical edition of the 1647 text by the Scottish author Alexander Ross which offered the Renaissance reader not only a wealth of factual information concerning the gods, goddesses, heroes and monsters of ancient myth and legend, but also served as a treasury of interpretation and commentary ingeniously explaining the facts in terms moral, theological, historical and scientific.