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Dancing around the well : the circulation of commonplaces in Renaissance humanism

Title
Dancing around the well : the circulation of commonplaces in Renaissance humanism / by Eric M. MacPhail.
Author
MacPhail, Eric
Publication
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2014]

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170 pages; 24 cm
Summary
This study examines the transmission and transformation of commonplace wisdom in Renaissance humanism by tracing a series of filiations between classical sayings, anecdotes, and exampes and Renaissance poems, essays, and fictions. The circulation of commonplaces can be understood either as a process of reanimation and revitalization, where frozen sayings thaw out and come to life, or conversely as a process of immobilization and incrustation that petrifies tradition. The paradigmatic figure for this process is the proverbial dance around the well, which expresses both the danger and the compulsion of borrowed speech.
Series Statement
Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, 0920-8607 ; volume 232
Uniform Title
Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 232.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-162) and index.
Contents
Introduction : dancing around the well -- In the beginning there was chaos -- A gem in its setting -- Words frozen and thawed -- Rhapsody in prose -- The mosaic of speech -- The universal library -- In a Roman mirror -- Conclusion : emptying the well.
Call Number
JFE 16-3127
ISBN
  • 9789004274396
  • 9004274391
  • 9789004277151 (canceled/invalid)
  • 9004277153 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2014027279
OCLC
884242739
Author
MacPhail, Eric, author.
Title
Dancing around the well : the circulation of commonplaces in Renaissance humanism / by Eric M. MacPhail.
Publisher
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2014]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, 0920-8607 ; volume 232
Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 232.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-162) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 16-3127
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