03366nam 2200745 450 991081620260332120200903223051.090-04-27715-310.1163/9789004277151(CKB)3710000000239495(EBL)1786626(SSID)ssj0001332692(PQKBManifestationID)11776822(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001332692(PQKBWorkID)11376346(PQKB)11791180(MiAaPQ)EBC1786626(nllekb)BRILL9789004277151(Au-PeEL)EBL1786626(CaPaEBR)ebr10930788(CaONFJC)MIL644057(OCoLC)894539636(PPN)184919509(EXLCZ)99371000000023949520140926h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDancing around the well the circulation of commonplaces in Renaissance humanism /Eric M. MacPhailLeiden, Netherlands :Brill,2014.©20141 online resource (177 p.)Brill's Studies in Intellectual History,0920-8607 ;Volume 232Description based upon print version of record.1-322-12804-9 90-04-27439-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 the compulsion of borrowed speech.Brill's studies in intellectual history ;Volume 232.European literatureRenaissance, 1450-1600Classical influencesProverbsHistory and criticismMaximsHistory and criticismMetaphorClichésHumanism in literatureCommonplace booksHistoryEuropean literatureClassical influences.ProverbsHistory and criticism.MaximsHistory and criticism.Metaphor.Clichés.Humanism in literature.Commonplace booksHistory.809/.024MacPhail Eric1652527MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816202603321Dancing around the well4003246UNINA