Literary Criticism (1400-1800)

Nostradamus | Further Reading

FURTHER READING

Boswell, Rolfe. Nostradamus Speaks. Thomas Y. Crowell, 1941, 381 p.

Offers a detailed interpretation of Nostradamus's socalled Luminary Epistle to Henry II (including remarks about Napoleon, Napoleon III, Adolf Hitler, and the coming of the Antichrist) and the Centuries.

Hogue, John. Nostradamus: The New Revelations. Lower Lake, Cal.: Element Books, 1994, 256 p.

Traces Nostradamus's prophetic lineage and then interprets the prophecies and their alleged fulfillment from the French Revolution to the modern era. By Hogue's interpretations, Nostradamus foresaw the AIDS epidemic, ecological concerns, and the spiritual directionlessness characteristic of the millennium's approach.

Laver, James. "The Predictions of Nostradamus." The Spectator 164, No. 5843 (21 June 1940): 833.

Short summary of Nostradamus's signal predictions,...

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