Erasmus, Man of Letters
The Construction of Charisma in Print
Lisa Jardine(Author)
Princeton University Press
Published on 21. June 1993
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-0-691-05700-2 (ISBN)
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Description
The name Erasmus of Rotterdam conjures up a golden age of scholarly integrity. However, as Lisa Jardine portrays him, Erasmus self-consciously created his own reputation as the central figure of the European intellectual world.
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"Winner of the 1993 Bainton Book Prize, Sixteenth Century Studies Conference" "Erasmus, Man of Letters may inspire skepticism about Erasmus's alleged sincerity, but it is hard not to feel increased admiration for the energy and ingenuity with which the indefatigable scholar continued to combine so successful a publicity campaign with his countless other literary activities."---Alastair Hamilton, The Times Literary Supplement "A contribution to the understanding of the modern age. Jardine vividly shows how reading-attentive, critical reading-became a form of `spiritual education' in the early modern period, and how Erasmus became the pattern for the modern Man of Letters."---Tom D'Evelyn, Bostonia "Jardine's spirited study exploits the evidence of Erasmus's own statements about himself, direct and oblique, and the estimates of his situation in the great tradition that he influenced others to make.... [Her portrait of Erasmus] is taken under a raking light, to show a master of the media [and] a master-builder of a textual persona, of an intellectual genealogy culminating in himself."---J. B. Trapp, London Review of BooksMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Illustrations
1 Maps
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
595 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-691-05700-2 (9780691057002)
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