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Paul F. Grendler - European Renaissance in American Life, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

European Renaissance in American Life

Av Paul F. Grendler

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An informative but light-hearted look at the popularity of the Renaissance today, this book was written by a Renaissance scholar intrigued with the way his subject continues to resonate outside the scholarly community. His purpose is to uncover and describe the many manifestations of America's love of the Renaissance. Why do millions don costumes to attend Renaissance Faires? Why do novels and films about the period enjoy continued popularity, as do Renaissance icons such as Elizabeth I, Michelangelo, Shakespeare and the Mona Lisa? How is it that American politicians and business leaders still look to Machiavelli as a symbol of wisdom-or of evil? Grendler posits that Americans embrace the Renaissance as a model of culture and sophistication, seeing it as confirmation that the individual can achieve greatness against long odds, a belief at the core of our own society.After an examination of The Real Renaissance (1400-1620), the book looks at ways in which Americans relive the experience (including Faires and Living Last Suppers), ways in which we re-create the Renaissance in our own world, and finally, ways in which the Renaissance is portrayed, for better or worse, in fiction and film.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2006-03-30
  • Mått: 156 x 235 x 28 mm
  • Vikt: 709 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 360
  • Förlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
  • ISBN: 9780275984861
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Paul F. Grendler is a distinguished scholar of the Italian Renaissance. The author of numerous books and editor in chief of Encyclopedia of the Renaissance and Renaissance: An Encyclopedia for Students, he has been president of three scholarly organizations including The Renaissance Society of America. He is currently a Fellow of the American Philosophical Society. Grendler taught at the University of Toronto for thirty-four years.

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Intended for a general audience, this book examines how the term Renaissance is used in modern US culture and why it remains so popular with the general public. Grendler draws upon decades of experience as a professor, author, and editor to gently point out ways in which Michelangelo, Machiavelli, and the Medici are (mis)used by today's politicians, management gurus, filmmakers, and novelists. The introduction describes the real Renaissance as Grendler sees it (i.e., the movement from 1400 to 1620, beginning in Italy and celebrating achievements in art, education, poetry, and high culture), while the conclusion discusses the recent turn in the academy away from Renaissance in favor of early modern….Recommended. Public and undergraduate libraries.

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