The Resource Dancing around the well : the circulation of commonplaces in Renaissance humanism, by Eric M. MacPhail
Dancing around the well : the circulation of commonplaces in Renaissance humanism, by Eric M. MacPhail
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- 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 examples 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 171 pages
- Contents
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- 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
- Bibliography
- Index locorum communium
- Index rerum perutilium
- Index nominum illustrium
- Index erasmianus
- Isbn
- 9789004274396
- Label
- Dancing around the well : the circulation of commonplaces in Renaissance humanism
- Title
- Dancing around the well
- Title remainder
- the circulation of commonplaces in Renaissance humanism
- Statement of responsibility
- by Eric M. MacPhail
- Language
- eng
- 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 examples 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
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- MacPhail, Eric
- Dewey number
- 809/.024
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PN731
- LC item number
- .M34 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Brill's Studies in Intellectual History,
- Series volume
- 232
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Erasmus, Desiderius
- European literature
- Proverbs
- Maxims
- Metaphor
- Clichés
- Humanism in literature
- Commonplace books
- Label
- Dancing around the well : the circulation of commonplaces in Renaissance humanism, by Eric M. MacPhail
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-162) and indexes
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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 -- Bibliography -- Index locorum communium -- Index rerum perutilium -- Index nominum illustrium -- Index erasmianus
- Control code
- 884242739
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 171 pages
- Isbn
- 9789004274396
- Isbn Type
- (hardback : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2014027279
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
- (OCoLC)884242739
- Label
- Dancing around the well : the circulation of commonplaces in Renaissance humanism, by Eric M. MacPhail
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-162) and indexes
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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 -- Bibliography -- Index locorum communium -- Index rerum perutilium -- Index nominum illustrium -- Index erasmianus
- Control code
- 884242739
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 171 pages
- Isbn
- 9789004274396
- Isbn Type
- (hardback : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2014027279
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
- (OCoLC)884242739
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