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

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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Main Author:	MacPhail, Eric (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2014]
Series:	Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 232.
Subjects:	Erasmus, Desiderius, > -1536. > Adagia. 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. Adagia (Erasmus, Desiderius) Commonplace books. Maxims. Proverbs. Europa Literatur Metapher Sprichwort Humanism i litteraturen. Humanism (renässansen) 1450-1600 Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
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Call Number:		PN731 .M34 2014
Notes:		From the Library of Craig Kallendorf.

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