Les Rhetoriques de la Pointe

Baltasar Gracian et le Conceptisme en Europe

by Mercedes Blanco

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Extent: 725 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Early Modern & Renaissance Studies, Literary Studies

Series: Bibliotheque de la Renaissance

Series volume number: 27

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(August 2023)

ISBN: 9782406158172

9.45 x 6.14 inches

Price: $62.00

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Hardback (Published)

(August 2023)

ISBN: 9782812456787

9.45 x 6.3 inches

Price: $123.00

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This work explores Conceptismo, from its literary origins to its rhetorical, ethical, and political dimensions. Particular attention is given to the treatises of Emanuele Tesauro and Baltasar Gracian. Finally, the causes of the decline of this aesthetic of paradox are analyzed.

  • By (author) Mercedes Blanco