| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Introduction: Containers -- A Progress of Wise Fools -- Laughing and Weeping Melancholy: Democritus and Heraclitus as Emblems -- Divine Madness, Literary Fancy, and Dreams -- The Mind is its Own Place |
| Summary |
This book examines the revival of antique philosophy in the Renaissance as a literary preoccupation informed by wit. Humanists were more inspired by the fictionalized characters of certain wise fools, including Diogenes the Cynic, Socrates, Aesop, Democritus, and Heraclitus, than by codified systems of thought. Rich in detail, this study offers a systematic treatment of wide-ranging Renaissance imagery and metaphors and presents a detailed iconography of certain classical philosophers. Ultimately, the problems of Renaissance humanism are revealed to reflect the concerns of humanists in the twenty-first century |
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"This book examines the revival of antique philosophy in the Renaissance as a literary preoccupation informed by wit. Rich in detail, this study offers a systematic treatment of wide-ranging Renaissance imagery and metaphors andpresents a detailed iconography of certain classical philosophers. Ultimately, the problems of Renaissance humanism are revealed to reflect the concerns of humanists in the twenty-first century"-- Provided by publisher |
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"This book analyzes the revival of antique phylosophy in the Renaissance as a literary preoccupation informed by wit"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
European literature -- Renaissance, 1450-1600 -- History and criticism
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Philosophy, Ancient, in literature.
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Wit and humor in literature
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Aesthetics, Renaissance.
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Humanism.
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Humanism
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humanism.
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Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800.
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Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Renaissance.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- General.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Aesthetics.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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Literature.
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Aesthetics, Renaissance
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European literature -- Renaissance
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Humanism
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Philosophy, Ancient, in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012031258 |
| ISBN |
9781137316660 |
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1137316667 |
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1137281812 |
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9781137281814 |
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9781283947343 |
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128394734X |
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9781349448326 |
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134944832X |
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