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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465415303321

Autore

Miller Clarence H.

Titolo

Humanism and style : essays on Erasmus and More / / Clarence H. Miller ; with an introduction by Jerry Harp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Lehigh University Press, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

1-61146-007-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (151 p.)

Disciplina

878/.0409

Soggetti

Humanism in literature

Humanism - Netherlands - History - 16th century

Humanism - England - History - 16th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Humanism &Style ; Contents; Introduction; 1. Styles and Mixed Genres in Erasmus's The Praise of Folly; 2. Some Medieval Elements and Structural Unity in Erasmus's The Praise of Folly; 3. The Liturgical and Historical Context of Erasmus's Hymns; 4. The Logic and Rhetoric of Proverbs in Erasmus's The Praise of Folly; 5. The Epigrams of More and Erasmus: A Literary Diptych; 6. Style and Meaning in More's Utopia: Hythloday's Sentences and Diction; 7. More's Use of Patristic Evidence in the Eucharistic Controversy; 8. The Heart of the Final Struggle: More's Commentary on The Agony in the Garden

9. Thomas More, a Man for All Seasons: Robert Bolt's Play and the Elizabethan Play of Sir Thomas More10. Extraordinary Friends; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Clarence Miller''s Humanism and Style: Essays on Erasmus and Thomas More provides an illuminating and circumstantial engagement with the word of two great humanists. Miller''s essays cover a complex terrain that includes the rhetorical functions of stylistic shifts, the deployment of proverbial wisdom, engagement with ancient texts in an early modern setting, and the challenges of maintaining a stance of faith in a



world always muddied in its history.