The Renaissance dialogue : literary dialogue in its social and political contexts, Castiglione to Galileo / Virginia Cox
| Author(s): | Cox, Virginia |
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| Subjects: | Dialogues, Italian--History and criticism Italian literature--16th century--History and criticism Italian literature--17th century--History and criticism Renaissance--Italy Italy--Civilization--1268-1559 Italy--Civilization--1559-1789 |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992 |
| Series: | Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture 2 Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture 2 |
| LC Classification: | P, PQ |
| Table of Contents: | Preface 1. Problems of method 1 2. History and invention in the dialogue 9 3. The uses of the dialogue in sixteenth-century Italy: celebration and control 22 4. The uses of the dialogue in sixteenth-century Italy: commerce and courtesy 34 5. Castiglione's Cortegiano: the dialogue as a drama of doubt 47 6. The changing form of the Italian Renaissance dialogue 61 7. The theory and practice of the dialogue in Counter-Reformation Italy 70 8. From the 'girevole strada' to the straight and narrow path 84 9. From the open dialogue to the closed book 99 Notes 114 Bibliography 209 Index 231 |
| Notes: | LCCN: 91046675 ISBN: 0521405386 (hardback) Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 236 p. ; 24 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 25164011 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0521405386 |