Plague and Pleasure
| Author | : Arthur White |
| Publisher | : CUA Press |
| Total Pages | : 433 |
| Release | : 2014-12 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780813226811 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0813226813 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (813 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Plague and Pleasure by : Arthur White
Download or read book Plague and Pleasure written by Arthur White and published by CUA Press. This book was released on 2014-12 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plague and Pleasure is a lively popular history that introduces a new hypothesis about the impetus behind the cultural change in Renaissance Italy. The Renaissance coincided with a period of chronic, constantly recurring plague, unremitting warfare and pervasive insecurity. Consequently, people felt a need for mental escape to alternative, idealized realities, distant in time or space from the unendurable present but made vivid to the imagination through literature, art, and spectacle.
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