What Did Shakespeare Know About Copernicanism?

• Authors: Alan S. Weber
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This contribution examines Shakespeare’s knowledge of the cosmological theories of Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) as well as recent claims that Shakespeare possessed specialized knowledge of technical astronomy.

Keywords

EN

Shakespeare; William; Copernicus; Nicolaus; renaissance astronomy

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Romanian Journal of English Studies
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 351-365

Dates

published

2012-12-01

online

2013-02-21

Contributors

author

Alan S. Weber

• Weill Cornell Medical College–Qatar

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10319-012-0031-x