A Critical Edition of Alexander's Ross's 1647 Mystagogus Poeticus, or the Muses Interpreter

By John R Glenn

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367022761
• ISBN13: 9780367022761
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 660 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"