Anderson's major contribution lies in her invitation to take seriously the implications of analogy's philosophical roots in the study of early modern figuration.
Modern Language Review
This book's meditative, cogitating, interallusive form demonstrates what Anderson herself explicates in the early modern authors she knows and reads so well: form is being, and style creates.
Spenser Review
... Read moreThis fascinating book is above all a contribution to the history of early modern science that helps an ongoing critical process of revisionism by showing how both scientific and poetic thought use analogy in similar ways. It is also fascinating in its unusual structure: it allows us access to Anderson's subtle critical mind in the process of building interpretations.
-Leah Marcus
Vanderbilt University
Analogy, 'the connector of the known to the unknown,' is given in-depth exploration in this fascinating study of life and death, darkness and light, language and meaning; a learned, richly textured study that contributes immeasurably to early modern studies.
-Regina M. Schwartz
Professor of English, Northwestern University
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