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Humour and Humanism in the Renaissance
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- Book Synopsis
- Of the articles in this volume, eight concern a world-famous author (FranÃ**xA7;ois Rabelais); the others are studies of little-known authors (Cortesi, Corrozet, Mercier) or genres (the joke, the apophthegm). The common theme, in all but one, is humour: how it was defined, and how used, by orators and humanists but also by court jesters, princes, peasants and housewives. Though neglected by historians, this subject was of crucial importance to writers as different as Luther, Erasmus, Thomas More and FranÃ**xA7;ois Rabelais. The book is divided into four sections. 'Humanist Wit' concerns the large and multi-lingual corpus of Renaissance facetiae. The second and third parts focus on French humanist humour, Rabelais in particular, while the last section is titled '"Serious" Humanists' because humour is by no means absent from it. For the Renaissance, as Erasmus and Rabelais amply demonstrate, and as the 'minor' authors studied here confirm, wit, whether affectionate or bitingly satirical, can coexist with, and indeed be inseparable from, serious purpose. Rabelais, as so often, said it best: 'Rire est le propre de l'homme.'.
- About The Author
- Barbara C. Bowen is Professor of French, Emerita, at Vanderbilt University, USA.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781138375642
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Routledge, (09 June 2019)
- Number of Pages
- 314
- Weight
- 590 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 224 x 150 mm
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