Erasmian Keywords

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

Del i serien Edinburgh Critical Studies in Renaissance Culture

1 233 kr

Kommande

Beskrivning

Erasmus of Rotterdam took meticulous care of his image, both in his writings and in fashionable means of self-expression, which included numerous portraits, a medal and a personal device. Nevertheless, he remains an elusive figure. In an effort to shed new light on his style, key concepts and popularity, this book takes four words as starting points for essays about some of Erasmus’ most distinctive ideas: lucubratio, festivitas, persona, and copia. They all capture convictions, projects and practices that inform and characterise his works. In the sense proposed by Raymond Williams, they are keywords that encapsulate intellectual and social change beyond pure ideas, thus keys to the dynamic Latin humanist literature of the early sixteenth century in general.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-12-31
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Edinburgh Critical Studies in Renaissance Culture
Antal sidor:216
Förlag:Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:9781399551755

Utforska kategorier

Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

Anita Traninger is Full Professor of Romance Literatures at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. Her research focuses on the shape of knowledge, predominantly in the early modern period, and specifically with a view to European literatures in a global context. She has published widely on the history and theory of rhetoric as well as the history of reading, books and media. In 2023, she was awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, the most prestigious research award in Germany, and was elected a member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and the Humanities.

Recensioner i media

Anita Traninger has written a book about Erasmus' keywords, but in the process she has created a key to understanding him and taking pleasure in him: his books, his sense of humour, his personality and his sheer imaginative abundance. This book is a treasure house.

Innehållsförteckning

List of FiguresList of AbbreviationsSeries Editors' PrefaceAcknowledgements and DedicationIntroduction: Erasmus’ Literary Toolbox1. Lucubratio: Communing with the Ancients2. Festivitas: Inventing the Adages and the Rhetoric of Friendship3. Persona: Separating Man and Argument4. Copia: Fantasies of Mastery Between Echo and CopyCoda: Erasmian Keywords – Unclassical UntranslatablesBibliographyIndex