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BIOGRAPHY IN EARLY MODERN FRANCE, 1540-1630: FORMS AND By Katherine Macdonald
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Book Title
- Biography in Early Modern France, 1540-1630: Forms and Functions
- ISBN-10
- 1905981112
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- France
- ISBN
- 9781905981113
- Subject Area
- Literary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography, History
- Publication Name
- Biography in Early Modern France, 1540-1630 : Forms and Functions
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Item Length
- 10 in
- Subject
- Renaissance, Cultural Heritage, European / French, Europe / France, General
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.2 in
- Item Weight
- 16 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.9 in
- Number of Pages
- 126 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Routledge
ISBN-10
1905981112
ISBN-13
9781905981113
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63191885
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
126 Pages
Publication Name
Biography in Early Modern France, 1540-1630 : Forms and Functions
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Subject
Renaissance, Cultural Heritage, European / French, Europe / France, General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.2 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
10 in
Item Width
6.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
Reviews
Interesting and original interpretations of biographies in which reading between the lines was every bit as important as the lines themselves., The first perspective [in this book] situates biography as a genre belonging to antique epideictic rhetoric... The second is the narrative of what might be called the facts of biographical life... The third is what could be called a concetto, that is, the biographer's own life perspective, conscious or unconscious, in the biography he is writing. This is what really interests Katherine MacDonald, because of her own radical-individualist perspective on relations between the biographer and his subject., Elegantly written, clearly argued, and erudite, this is a rewarding and thought-provoking book and a valuable contribution to the study of early modern French humanism., An interesting and thought-provoking study which is well worth reading, albeit with a grain of salt., This useful monograph presents five case studies of Early Modern biographies (including one autobiography)... MacDonald's work frames these two well-known texts in such a way as to encourage continued investigation of Renaissance biography as a fully-fledged prose genre., ...highly erudite, straightforwardly written and a pleasure to read... I recommend it heartily to all scholars interested in Renaissance France.'
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
920.0094409031
Table Of Content
Introduction 1. 'Puis que peut faire un courtisan vagabond?' Le Roy's Gulielmi Budæi Vita (1540) 2. Diplomacy and Biography in the Wars of Religion: Charles Paschal's Life of Guy du Faur de Pibrac (1584) 3. The Traffic of Mercury Claude Binet and the Vie de Ronsard (1586) 4. Medicine and Method in Nicolas de Nancel's Petri Rami Vita (1599) 5. Staging Baroque Autobiography: Spectacle in Agrippa d'Aubigne's Sa Vie a ses enfants (1629) 6. Conclusion
Synopsis
This book offers valuable insights into biography's role as a form of social and cultural negotiation geared to advance the biographer's career. It presents case studies of four exemplary biographies and one autobiography of major intellectual figures of France spanning the period 1540-1630., When the famous Royal Professor of Philosophy and Eloquence, Petrus Ramus (1515-1572), gave a lecture, one of his most promising pupils stood by, ready to tug on his coat if he made a mistake. That pupil was Ramus' future biographer Nicolas de Nancel (1539-1610), who recounted this anecdote in his Vita Rami (1599). Nancel's insertion of himself into his portrayal of Ramus' life is typical of early modern biographies of men of letters. The first study of biography in 16th-century France, this groundbreaking book offers valuable insights into biography's role as a form of social and cultural negotiation geared to advance the biographer's career., When the famous Royal Professor of Philosophy and Eloquence Petrus Ramus (1515-1572) gave a lecture, one of his most promising pupils stood by, ready to tug on his coat if he made a mistake. That pupil was Ramus's future biographer, the much less famous Nicolas de Nancel (1539-1610), who recounted this anecdote in his Vita Rami (1599). Nancel's insertion of himself into his life of Ramus is typical of early modern biographies of men of letters. As biographer, the humanist man of letters situated himself within the same cultural field as his subject, thereby accrediting himself as a fellow man of letters by his display of humanistic competence. The first monograph study of the lives of men of letters in sixteenth-century France, this ground-breaking book offers valuable insights into biography's role as a form of social and cultural negotiation geared to advance the biographer's career., When the famous Royal Professor of Philosophy and Eloquence Petrus Ramus (1515-1572) gave a lecture, one of his most promising pupils stood by, ready to tug on his coat if he made a mistake. That pupil was Ramus's future biographer, the much less famous Nicolas de Nancel (1539-1610), who recounted this anecdote in his Vita Rami (1599).
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