Primary Sections · Letters and self-defense
Apologetical Letter: epilogue and defense of reputation
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Apologetical Letter: epilogue and defense of reputation - Primary Sections. The epilogue defends Dee against slander and frames his work as godly, honest, and useful.
Summary
The epilogue defends Dee against slander and frames his work as godly, honest, and useful. It complains of neglect and injury while appealing to learned and noble readers to judge him by his writings and service rather than rumors of conjuring.
Date scope
1592-1595/1599 printed frame
Corpus area
Letters and self-defense
Reading notes
This is the cleanest short source for Dee's own public defense of his studies.
Source files
- John Dee A letter containing a most brief__Apologetical Let.pdf