| The Renaissance Dialogue: Literary Dialogue in Its Social and Political Contexts, Castiglione to Galileo Contributor(s): Cox, Virginia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521069661 ISBN-13: 9780521069663 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $38.94 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2008 Annotation: A study of the use of dialogue form as a vehicle for polemic in Renaissance Italy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - Italian |
| Dewey: 850.926 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 6" W x 9" (0.82 lbs) 252 pages |
| 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. |