Humour and Humanism in the Renaissance
(Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Forlag:
Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Type: Bog
- Format: Paperback / softback
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Sprog:
Engelsk
- ISBN-13: 9781138375642
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The common theme of these studies is humour how it was defined, and how used, by orators and humanists but also by court jesters, princes, peasants and housewives. Though neglected by historians, this subject was of crucial importance to writers as different as Luther, Erasmus, Thomas More and Franois Rabelais. The first section in this book, Humanist Wit, concerns the large and multi-lingual corpus of Renaissance facetiae. The second and third parts focus on French humanist humour, Rabelais in particular, while the last section is titled Serious Humanists because humour is by no means absent from it. For the Renaissance, as Erasmus and
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| Forlag | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Forfatter | Barbara C. Bowen |
| Type | Bog |
| Format | Paperback / softback |
| Sprog | Engelsk |
| Udgivelsesdato | 10-06-2019 |
| Første udgivelsesår | 2019 |
| Serie | Variorum Collected Studies |
| Illustrationer | NO |
| Originalsprog | United Kingdom |
| Sideantal | 314 |
| Indbinding | Paperback / softback |
| Forlag | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Sideoplysninger | 314 pages |
| Mål | 224 x 150 |
| ISBN-13 / EAN-13 | 9781138375642 |