LEADER 03051nam 2200457 450 001 9910822756403321 005 20191125125052.0 010 $a1-5017-4574-3 024 7 $a10.7591/9781501745744 035 $a(CKB)4100000009147478 035 $a(DE-B1597)533854 035 $a(OCoLC)1121053753 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501745744 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5965114 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5965114 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009147478 100 $a20191125d1989 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAuthorizing words $espeech, writing, and print in the English Renaissance /$fMartin Elsky 210 1$aIthaca ;$aLondon :$cCornell University Press,$d[1989] 210 4$dİ1989 215 $a1 online resource (x, 232 pages) 311 $a0-8014-2173-X 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1. Scholastic Logic and Grammar: The Inescapability of Speech --$t2. The Humanists: The Primacy of Speech --$t3. Elyot, As cham, Jonson, and the Frailty of Speech --$t4. Space and Textuality: Writing and Speech in the Idea of the Text --$t5. The Space of the Hieroglyph: George Herbert and Francis Bacon --$t6. Print and Manuscript: Bacon's Early Career and the Occasions of Writing --$t7. The Authority of Democritus junior --$tIndex 330 $aMartin Elsky here illuminates the complex interplay of linguistic theory and textual representation in English Renaissance writing. Drawing on a wide range of materials, both literary and nonliterary, Elsky focuses on the impact of speech-oriented and writing-dominated theories of language on textual practice. Among the texts Elsky discusses are Herbert's The Temple, Bacon's Magna Instauratio, Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, Jonson 's lyrics, and works by Lily, Colet, Ascham, and Elyot.In showing how speech, writing, and print suggest contrasting foundations for the authority of language, Elsky considers such topics as the competing concepts of textuality in humanist literature and in hieroglyphic poetry; the authenticity of writing and the distortions of speech in scientific prose works; the social context of printing scientific prose; and the use of print to create the infinitely expandable text of philosophical skepticism.A provocative application of contemporary literary theory to the historical analysis of texts, Authorizing Words will interest readers in such disciplines as Renaissance studies, theory of language, historical linguistics, history of science, and the history of communication. 606 $aEnglish language$yEarly modern, 1500-1700$xHistory 607 $aEngland$xIntellectual life$y17th century 615 0$aEnglish language$xHistory. 676 $a306.44221 700 $aElsky$b Martin$0547209 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822756403321 996 $aAuthorizing words$9882316 997 $aUNINA