Renaissance Truth and the Latin Language Turn |
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| Author:
| Moss, Ann |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-924987-9 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2003 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $175.00 |
Book Description:
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Renaissance Truth and the Latin Language Turn provides an entirely new look at an era of radical change in the history of West European thought, the period between 1480 and 1540, mainly in France and Germany. The book's main thesis is that the Latin language turn was not only concurrent with other aspects of change, but was a fundamental instrument in reconfiguring horizons of thought, reformulating paradigms of argument, and rearticulating therelationship between fiction and truth....
More DescriptionRenaissance Truth and the Latin Language Turn provides an entirely new look at an era of radical change in the history of West European thought, the period between 1480 and 1540, mainly in France and Germany. The book's main thesis is that the Latin language turn was not only concurrent with other aspects of change, but was a fundamental instrument in reconfiguring horizons of thought, reformulating paradigms of argument, and rearticulating therelationship between fiction and truth. Its topics include Latin dictionaries and phrase-books; religious disputation; and early approaches to literary criticism.