Research Catalog

Title

Logodaedalus : word histories of ingenuity in early modern Europe / Alexander Marr, Raphaële Garrod, José Ramón Marcaida, and Richard J. Oosterhoff.

Author

Marr, Alexander, 1978-

Publication

• Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2018]
• ©2018

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Details

Additional Authors

• Garrod, Raphaële
• Marcaida, José Ramón
• Oosterhoff, Richard J.

Description

xv, 358 pages : illustrations, portrait, facsimiles; 24 cm

Summary

"Before Romantic genius, there was ingenuity. Early modern ingenuity defined every person--not just exceptional individuals--as having their own attributes and talents, stemming from an "inborn nature" that included many qualities, not just intelligence. Through ingenuity and its family of related terms, early moderns sought to understand and appreciate differences between peoples, places, and things in an attempt to classify their ingenuities and assign professions that were best suited to one's abilities. Logodaedalus, a prehistory of genius, explores the various ways this language of ingenuity was defined, used, and manipulated between 1470 and 1750. By analyzing printed dictionaries and other lexical works across a range of languages--Latin, Italian, Spanish, French, English, German, and Dutch--the authors reveal the ways in which significant words produced meaning in history and found expression in natural philosophy, medicine, natural history, mathematics, mechanics, poetics, and artistic theory."

Subject

• Language and languages > Etymology > Lexicography
• Language and languages > Etymology > Lexicography > Research
• SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects
• Intellectual life
• Europe > Intellectual life
• Europe

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-346) and index.

Contents

Introduction -- 1. Latin : Genius ; Ingenium -- 2. Italian : Genio ; Ingenio -- 3. Spanish : Ingenio ; Agudeza -- 4. French : Engin ; Esprit naturel ; Génie -- 5. German and Dutch : Art/Aerd ; Sinnlichkeit/sinnrij ; Geest ; Gemüt -- 6. English : Genius ; Ingenuity ; Wit ; Cunning.

Call Number

JFE 19-3265

ISBN

• 9780822945413
• 082294541X

LCCN

• 2018054768
• 40028928541

OCLC

1078971904

Author

Marr, Alexander, 1978- author.

Title

Logodaedalus : word histories of ingenuity in early modern Europe / Alexander Marr, Raphaële Garrod, José Ramón Marcaida, and Richard J. Oosterhoff.

Publisher

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2018]

Copyright Date

©2018

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-346) and index.

Added Author

Garrod, Raphaële, author.

Marcaida, José Ramón, author.

Oosterhoff, Richard J., author.

Other Standard Identifier

40028928541

Research Call Number

JFE 19-3265