Epigram in the english renaissance
Auteur :
Hudson, Hoyt Hopewell
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691627595
Date de publication :
8 déc. 2015
Dimensions :
20,3 x 12,7 cm
Poids :
170 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Favorite Renaissance condiment at "the great feast of language," the epigram is here presented full-flavored and various in a brilliant study by the late Hoyt Hopewell Hudson. He considers its origins, its nature, how skillfully it was shaped to eulogy and satire alike by the lively minds of its great exponents, Sir Thomas More and his contemporari