| The Renaissance Dialogue: Literary Dialogue in Its Social and Political Contexts, Castiglione to Galileo Contributor(s): Cox, Virginia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0511895712 ISBN-13: 9780511895715 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $140.25 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: December 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - Italian |
| Dewey: 850.9 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is a full-length study of the use of the dialogue form in Italy from the early sixteenth century until Galileo. Drawing on a wide range of sources, it examines the characteristics which determined the genre's unrivalled popularity in the period as a vehicle for polemic, debate, technical exposition and comic drama. More than simply an account of the development of an individual literary genre, however, the book is a contribution to the broader social and cultural history of the period. As representations of conversation, miniature dramas of persuasion, the dialogues of the Italian Renaissance constitute an extraordinarily rich - and largely untapped - source of information about the ideals and practice of communication in the early modern age. |