Harry Berger

The Absence of Grace: Sprezzatura and Suspicion in Two Renaissance Courtesy Books

Buch

This brilliant book presents a carefully argued set of theses about Castiglione's Il libro del Cortegiano and Della Casa's Il Galateo that should have a significant impact not only on scholarship about these two books and the courtesy book tradition of the Renaissance, but on scholarship about the Renaissance in general.--Wayne A. Rebhorn, University of Texas, AustinThis book not only fulfills the long-standing need for a comprehensive study in English of della Casa's short but powerful treatise, but it will also undoubtedly have an impact on criticism of Castiglione and of the Italian court culture similar to that of classics such as Wayne R… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-8047-3905-4
EAN: 9780804739054
Produktnummer: 19421113
Verlag: Stanford Univ Pr
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
Seitenangabe: 267 S.
Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.3 cm x D1.8 cm 399 g
Gewicht: 399

Über den Autor

Harry Berger, Jr. is Professor Emeritus of Literature and Art History at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the author, most recently, of Fictions of the Pose: Rembrandt Against the Italian Renaissance (Stanford, 1999).