This is a full-length study of the use of the dialogue form in Italy from the early sixteenth century until Galileo. Drawing on a wide range of sources, it examines the characteristics which determined the genre's unrivalled popularity in the period as a vehicle for polemic, debate, technical exposition and comic drama. More than simply an account of the development of an individual literary genre, however, the book is a contribution to the broader social and cultural history of the period.
As representations of conversation, miniature dramas of persuasion, the dialogues of the Italian Renaissance constitute an extraordinarily rich - and largely untapped - source of information about the ideals and practice of communication in the early modern age.
| ISBN: | 9780521405386 |
| Publication date: | 3rd December 1992 |
| Author: | Virginia Cox |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 236 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: general |
This is a full-length study of the use of the dialogue form in Italy from the early sixteenth century until Galileo. Drawing on a wide range of sources, it examines the characteristics which determined the genre's unrivalled popularity in the period as a vehicle for polemic, debate, technical exposition and comic drama.
The Renaissance Dialogue features in the following genres: Literary studies: general
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The Renaissance Dialogue was written by Virginia Cox and published by Cambridge University Press
The Renaissance Dialogue has 236 pages
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