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Author Greenblatt, Stephen, 1943-

Title The swerve : how the world became modern / Stephen Greenblatt.

Publisher New York : W.W. Norton, [2011]
©2011

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ITEM LOC CALL # STATUS
 Eagle River adult nonfiction  940.2 GRE    AVAILABLE
 Presque Isle adult nonfiction  940.21 GRE    AVAILABLE
 Superior adult nonfiction  940.21 G829s    DUE 04-24-24
Edition 1st ed.
Descript 356 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Note Nonfiction.
Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-335) and index.
Contents The book hunter -- The moment of discovery -- In search of Lucretius -- The teeth of time -- Birth and rebirth -- In the lie factory -- A pit to catch foxes -- The way things are -- The return -- Swerves -- Afterlives.
Subject Lucretius Carus, Titus -- Influence.
Lucretius Carus, Titus. De rerum natura.
Renaissance.
Philosophy, Renaissance.
Science, Renaissance.
Civilization, Modern.
ISBN/ISSN 9780393064476
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