Dancing around the well : the circulation of commonplaces in Renaissance humanism /

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This study examines the transmission and transformation of commonplace wisdom in Renaissance humanism by tracing a series of filiations between classical sayings, anecdotes, and exampes and Renaissance poems, essays, and fictions. The circulation of commonplaces can be understood either as a process...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: MacPhail, Eric
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2014]
Colección:Brill's studies in intellectual history ; 232.
Temas:
Erasmus, Desiderius, > -1536. > Adagia.
Adagia (Erasmus, Desiderius)
1450-1600
European literature > Renaissance, 1450-1600 > Classical influences.
Proverbs > History and criticism.
Maxims > History and criticism.
Metaphor.
Clichés.
Humanism in literature.
Commonplace books > History.
Littérature européenne > 1450-1600 (Renaissance) > Influence ancienne.
Maximes > Histoire et critique.
Métaphore.
Clichés (Stylistique)
Humanisme dans la littérature.
metaphor.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Clichés
Commonplace books
Humanism in literature
Maxims
Metaphor
Proverbs
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: dancing around the well
  • In the beginning there was chaos
  • A gem in its setting
  • Words frozen and thawed
  • Rhapsody in prose
  • The mosaic of speech
  • The universal library
  • In a Roman mirror
  • Conclusion: emptying the well
  • Bibliography
  • Index locorum communium
  • Index rerum perutilium
  • Index nominum illustrium
  • Index erasmianus.

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