Exemplum : The Rhetoric of Example in Early Modern France and Italy / John D. Lyons
1989, 1st edition. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #425954
ISBN: 0691067821
Physical description; 317 pages : illustrations. Notes; Bibliography: p. 289-311. Contents; Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER I. Machiavelli: Example and Origin -- CHAPTER II. The Heptameron and Unlearning from Example -- CHAPTER III. Montaigne and the Economy of Example -- CHAPTER IV. Descartes and Pascal: Self-Centered Examples -- CHAPTER V. Marie de Lafayette: From Image to Act -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX. Subjects; Machiavelli, Niccolò 1469-1527 Technique. Machiavelli, Niccolò 1469-1527. Montaigne, Michel de 1533-1592. Pascal, Blaise 1623-1662. French literature ; 16th century History and criticism. French literature ; 17th century History and criticism. French literature. Literary Studies, general. Literary Studies. Rhetoric History. Technique.
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