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

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

by Eric M. MacPhail

Dancing around the Well: The Circulation of Commonplaces in Renaissance Humanism 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....

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Main Author: MacPhail, Eric (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden : Brill, [2014]
Series:Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 232
Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; volume 232
Subjects:
Erasmus, Desiderius, > -1536. > Adagia.
Clichés.
Commonplace books > History.
European literature > Renaissance, 1450-1600 > Classical influences.
Humanism in literature.
Maxims > History and criticism.
Metaphor.
Proverbs > History and criticism.
Physical Description:170 pages ; 25 cm.
ISBN(s):9789004274396 : hardback
ISSN(s):0920-8607 ;
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