Erasmus, Man of Letters : The Construction of Charisma in Print /

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The name Erasmus of Rotterdam conjures up a golden age of scholarly integrity and the disinterested pursuit of knowledge, when learning could command public admiration without the need for authorial self-promotion. Lisa Jardine, however, shows that Erasmus self-consciously created his own reputation...

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Main Author: Jardine, Lisa
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1993.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Érasme, > (1469-1536)
Erasmus, Desiderius, > -1536
Érasme, > m. 1536 > Style.
Erasmus, Desiderius, > -1536 > Authorship.
Humanistes > Pays-Bas.
Imprimeurs > Pays-Bas > Histoire > 16e siecle.
Uitgeven.
Humanisme (cultuurgeschiedenis)
Geleerdheid.
Scholarly publishing.
Printing.
Intellectual life.
Humanists.
Authorship.
Authors, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Authors and publishers.
PHILOSOPHY > Religious.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Latin.
Art d'ecrire > Histoire > 16e siecle.
Imprimerie > Pays-Bas > Histoire > 16e siecle.
Édition savante > Pays-Bas > Histoire > 16e siecle.
Écrivains et editeurs > Pays-Bas > Histoire > 16e siecle.
Écrivains latins medievaux et modernes > Pays-Bas > Biographies.
Humanists > Netherlands.
Authorship > History > 16th century.
Printing > Netherlands > History > 16th century.
Scholarly publishing > Netherlands > History > 16th century.
Authors and publishers > Netherlands > History > 16th century.
Authors, Latin (Medieval and modern) > Netherlands > Biography.
Pays-Bas > Vie intellectuelle > 16e siecle.
Netherlands.
Netherlands > Intellectual life > 16th century.
Biographies.
History.
Biography
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Self-Portrait in Pen and Ink
  • Ch. 1. 'A better portrait of Erasmus will his writings show': Fashioning the Figure
  • Ch. 2. The In(de)scribable Aura of the Scholar-Saint in His Study: Erasmus's Life and Letters of Saint Jerome
  • Ch. 3. Inventing Rudolph Agricola: Recovery and Transmission of the De inventione dialectica
  • Ch. 4. Recovered Manuscripts and Second Editions: Staging the Book with the Castigatores
  • Ch. 5. Reasoning Abundantly: Erasmus, Agricola, and Copia
  • Ch. 6. Concentric Circles: Confected Correspondence and the Opus epistolarum Erasmi
  • Conclusion: 'The name of Erasmus will never perish'.

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