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Shakespeare's Astronomy

Professor Michael Rowan-Robinson · Gresham College

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About

Amongst all his astronomical allusions, Shakespeare demonstrates a deep knowledge of the night sky and its movements, including the new Copernican world-view. What can we learn of Elizabethan astronomy and Shakespeare's knowledge of it from the plays?

The talk

  1. Shakespeare's Astronomy 2016-11-30 · YouTube

Credits and licence

Institution
Gresham College
Speaker
Professor Michael Rowan-Robinson
Year
2016
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Astronomy and space, Literature and writing, Art, architecture and design
Source
Gresham College
Licence
Educational use (Gresham College's terms), as Gresham College states it. Gresham College's terms
Attribution
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