|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910816202603321 |
|
|
Autore |
MacPhail Eric |
|
|
Titolo |
Dancing around the well : the circulation of commonplaces in Renaissance humanism / / Eric M. MacPhail |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014 |
|
©2014 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (177 p.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Collana |
|
Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, , 0920-8607 ; ; Volume 232 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
European literature - Renaissance, 1450-1600 - Classical influences |
Proverbs - History and criticism |
Maxims - History and criticism |
Metaphor |
Clichés |
Humanism in literature |
Commonplace books - History |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 |
|
Preliminary Material -- Introduction: Dancing Around the Well -- 1 In the Beginning there was Chaos -- 2 A Gem in its Setting -- 3 Words Frozen and Thawed -- 4 Rhapsody in Prose -- 5 The Mosaic of Speech -- 6 The Universal Library -- 7 In a Roman Mirror -- Conclusion: Emptying the Well -- Bibliography -- Index locorum communium -- Index rerum perutilium -- Index nominum illustrium -- Index Erasmianus. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
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 of reanimation and revitalization, where frozen sayings thaw out and come to life, or conversely as a process of immobilization and incrustation that petrifies tradition. The paradigmatic figure for this process is the proverbial dance around the well, which expresses both the danger and |
|
|
|
|