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The age of subtlety : nature and rhetorical conceits in early modern Europe /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Patiño Loira, Javier (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Newark, DE : University of Delaware Press, [2024]
Series:Early modern exchange.
Subjects:
Rhetoric > Europe > History > 17th century.
Rhetoric > Italy > History > 17th century.
Rhetoric > Spain > History > 17th century.
Europe > Intellectual life > 17th century.
Italy > Intellectual life > 1559-1789.
Spain > Intellectual life > 1516-1700.
Metaphor.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The early modern culture of ingenuity
  • Comets. Poetry's comets: on novelty and artifice
  • Gossip made of glass: on artifice and deceit
  • Fireflies. At small scale: multiplicity, variety, and play
  • The life of conceits: juggling, magic, and alchemy.