The Culture Wars of the Late Renaissance

Skeptics, Libertines, and Opera

Edward Muir

    List of Illustrations

    Preface

    Introduction

    1. The Skeptics: Galileo's Telescope and Cremonini's Headache

    2. The Libertines: The Celestial Divorce

    3. The Librettists: Poppea in the Opera Box

    Notes

    Index

  • Cover: The Culture Wars of the Late Renaissance
  • A photo of the author

Photo by Laurie Naiman

Edward Muir is Clarence L. Ver Steeg Professor in the Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University.