1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910861972603321

Autore

Coleman James K

Titolo

A Sudden Frenzy : Improvisation, Orality, and Power in Renaissance Italy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2022

©2022

ISBN

9781487563455

9781487563448

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 pages)

Collana

Toronto Italian Studies

Disciplina

782.4/3094509024

Soggetti

Folk poetry, Italian - History and criticism

Humanism - Italy

Improvisation (Music) - History - 15th century

Italian poetry - 15th century - History and criticism

Performance poetry - Italy - History and criticism

Renaissance - Italy

Vocal music - Italy - 15th century - History and criticism

LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History

Italy

Italie Civilisation 1268-1559

Italy Civilization 1268-1559

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

The uses of oral poetry in Quattrocento Florence -- "Inspired and possessed": Marsilio Ficino and oral poetry -- "Secret frenzies": Angelo Poliziano and invention -- "The power to stir up others": Lorenzo de' Medici and improvisation -- The improviser and the world of the courts.

Sommario/riassunto

"In Renaissance Italy there existed a rich interplay between two cultural practices frequently regarded as entirely separate and mutually antagonistic: the humanistic study of the ancient world and ancient



literature, and the oral and improvisational performance of poetry which constituted one of the most popular forms of entertainment. A Sudden Frenzy explores the development and impact of these Renaissance practices of improvisation and oral poetry. James K. Coleman shows how the confluence of humanist culture and the art of oral poetry resulted in an extraordinary turn toward improvisation and spontaneity that profoundly influenced poetry, music, and politics. By examining the culture of improvisation, this book reveals the ways in which Renaissance thinkers transcended cultural dichotomies, both in theory and in practice. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including letters, poetry, visual art, and philosophical texts, A Sudden Frenzy reveals the far-reaching and sometimes surprising ways that these phenomena shaped cultural developments in the Italian Renaissance and beyond."--

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910958876503321

Autore

Kirby Jeremy

Titolo

Aristotle's metaphysics : form, matter, and identity / Jeremy Kirby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; New York, : Continuum, 2008

ISBN

9781847062466

9786612874611

9781472597892

1472597893

9781282874619

1282874616

9781441144546

1441144544

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (172 p.)

Collana

Continuum studies in ancient philosophy

Disciplina

110.92

Soggetti

Metaphysics

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 (pages [139]-155) and index

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- i. The Metaphysics of Aristotle -- ii. Two Challenges to



Change -- iii. Matter, Form, and Paradox -- 1. Matters of Individuation -- i. Matters of Change -- ii. Matters of Difference -- iii. Identity, Diversity, and Unity -- iv. Aristotle and the Absolutist versus Relativist Controversy -- v. The Bare Materials -- vi. Prime Matter, Somatic Matter, and Individuation -- vii. The Varieties of Matter -- viii. Two Old Arguments against Migration -- ix. A Possible Objection -- x. Conclusion -- 2. Resurrection and Entrapment -- i. A Putative Response to the Puzzle of Simple Composition ii. Anastasis and Anachronism -- iii. Scientific and Dialectical Contexts -- iv. Possibility and Inevitability -- v. Eternal Recurrence Limited -- vi. Eternality and Essentialism -- vii. Resurrection, Migration, and Gappy Existences -- viii. Resurrection and the Problem of Shared Identity -- ix. Aristotle's Rejection of Migration -- x. Conclusion -- 4. Aristotle on Composition and the Puzzle of Unity -- i. Composition -- ii. The Puzzle of Unity -- iii. The Popular Strategy -- iv. Eliminativism -- v. The Identity Thesis -- vi. Constituency as Adjectival Being -- vii. Toward a Relational Unity -- viii. Teleological Dependence as the Adhesive for Unity -- ix. Conclusion -- 5. Particularities and the Puzzle of Composition -- i. Haecceities -- ii. The Problem of Universals -- iii. The Zeta Problem -- iv. No Substance is a Universal -- v. Conclusion -- 5. Conclusion -- i. The Puzzle of Simple Composition Revisited -- ii. Alternative Proposals for Resolving the Puzzle of Simple Composition -- iii. The Puzzle of Transplantation  -- Postscript -- Bibliography --

Sommario/riassunto

Aristotle maintains that biological organisms are compounds of matter and form and that compounds that have the same form are individuated by their matter. According to Aristotle, an object that undergoes change is an object that undergoes a change in form, i.e. form is imposed upon something material in nature. Aristotle therefore identifies organisms according to their matter and essential forms, forms that are arguably essential to an object's existence. Jeremy Kirby addresses a difficulty in Aristotle's metaphysics, namely the possibility that two organisms of the same species might share the same matter. If they share the same form, as Aristotle seems to suggest, then they seem to share that which they cannot, their identity. By taking into account Aristotle's views on the soul, its relation to living matter, and his rejection of the possibility of resurrection, Kirby reconstructs an answer to this problem and shows how Aristotle relies on some of the central themes in his system in order to resist this unwelcome result that his metaphysics might suggest.