The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Humanism (Cambridge Companions to Literature) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521436249 ISBN 13: 9780521436243

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1996

Synopsis

Beginning as a movement based on the recovery of ancient texts, and archaeological study, humanism turned into a dynamic cultural program, influencing almost every facet of the intellectual life of the Renaissance. The fourteen original essays in this volume deal with all aspects of the movement, from its origins in Italy to its manifestation in the literature of More, Sidney and Shakespeare. Overall, The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Humanism provides a comprehensive introduction to a major movement in the culture of early modern Europe.

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Book Description:

Beginning as a movement based on the recovery of ancient texts, and archaeological study, humanism turned into a dynamic cultural program, influencing almost every facet of the intellectual life of the Renaissance. The fourteen original essays in this volume deal with all aspects.

From the Back Cover:

The fourteen original essays in this volume deal with all aspects of the movement, from language learning to the development of science, from the effect of humanism on biblical study to its influence on art, from its Italian origins to its manifestations in the literature of More, Sidney and Shakespeare. Overall, The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Humanism provides a comprehensive introduction to a major movement in the culture of early modern Europe.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0521436249
• ISBN 13: 9780521436243
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 340
• Editor: Kraye Jill