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Heninger, Simeon Kahn was born on October 27, 1922 in Monroe, Louisiana, United States. Son of Simeon Kahn and Elsye (Lieber) Heninger.
(The notion of a harmonious universe was taught by Pythago...)
The notion of a harmonious universe was taught by Pythagoras as early as the sixth century BC, and remained a basic premise in Western philosophy, science, and art almost to our own day. In Touches of Sweet Harmony, S. K. Heninger first recounts the legendary life of Pythagoras, describes his school at Croton, and discusses the materials from which the Renaissance drew its information about Pythagorean doctrine. The second section of the book reconstructs the many facets of this doctrine, and the final section shows its influence on Renaissance poetics. Professor Heninger's magisterial work introduces the reader not only to Pythagoras but to a host of other classical, medieval, and Renaissance figures as well--from Plato and Aristotle through St. Augustine and Macrobius down to Sidney and Spenser.
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( What are the parts of the universe? How are they arrang...)
What are the parts of the universe? How are they arranged? Where are its center and its boundaries? What forces control its motion? Cosmographical Glass features more than 100 astronomical and mythical diagrams from books printed before 1700, revealing how people of the Renaissance answered these complicated questions. Throughout this period, which one historian has called "the most psychically disturbed era in European history," the universe was depicted as a rational arrangement of disparate parts. The author bridges the gap between the Renaissance and today by explaining in detail these astronomical, mythical, and alchemical maps of the universe.
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Heninger, Simeon Kahn was born on October 27, 1922 in Monroe, Louisiana, United States. Son of Simeon Kahn and Elsye (Lieber) Heninger.
Bachelor of Science, Tulane University, 1944; Bachelor of Arts, Tulane University, 1947; Master of Arts, Tulane University, 1949; Bachelor of Letters (Fulbright scholar), Oxford (England) University, 1952; Doctor of Philisophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1955.
Instructor, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1955-1957; assistant professor, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1957-1962; associate professor, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1962-1965; professor, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1965-1967; Professor of English, University of Wisconsin -Madison, 1967-1971; department chairman, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1968-1970; Professor of English, U. B.C., Vancouver, Canada, 1971-1982; distinguished Professor of English and comparative literature, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1982.
( What are the parts of the universe? How are they arrang...)
( What are the parts of the universe? How are they arrang...)
(The notion of a harmonious universe was taught by Pythago...)
( During the sixteenth century in England the logocentris...)
(Sidney and Spenser reached their artistic maturity as the...)
Executive secretary-treasurer Southeastern Renaissance Conference, 1958-1967. Member National Shakespeare Anniversary Committee, 1963-1964. Member central Executive Committee Folger Institute Renaissance and 18th Century Studies, 1982-1992.
Captain United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946. Member Modern Language Association, American Civil Liberties Union, Renaissance Society American (advisory county 1958-1968, 75-80), Spenser Society (advisory county 1977-1980, 86-90, president 1988-1989), Milton Society (advisory county 1980-1983), Medieval Academy American, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Irene Callen, July 16, 1957;children— Dale Callen, Kathryn Leigh, Philip Ward, Polly Elizabeth, Simeon Kahn III. Married Dorothy Cooper Langston, May 30, 1971.