Title Looking upwards : stars in ancient and medieval cultures / Piero Boitani (Sapienza University of Rome, Professor of Comparative Literature, Roma, Italy).

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Description	1 online resource.
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Series	Contemporary cultural studies
	Contemporary cultural studies.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Preface -- Note on texts, translations, and editions -- Introduction -- At the beginning -- The morning stars -- Stars of the empire -- The ways of the dark night -- From dream to apocalypse -- Divinity, life, perfume: the music and dance of the spheres -- The music of the spheres -- The vaults of heaven -- Caelatum: creation and chiseling -- Flaming cusps -- Black brocade -- The beauty of lakes -- Snow white -- We are the stars who sing -- Sparks and embers -- From eternal nymphs to beautiful stars -- Blissful light, clear beams.
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Subject	Stars in literature.
	Stars in literature.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Boitani, Piero, author. Looking upwards Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2016 9781536103304 (DLC) 2016045430
ISBN	9781536103496
	1536103497
	9781536103304 (hardcover)