Mythologie et rhetorique aux xve et xvie siecles en France

by Herve-Thomas Campangne

Book cover: Mythologie et rhetorique aux xve et xvie siecles en France

Extent: 304 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Early Modern & Renaissance Studies, French Studies, Philosophy

Series: Etudes et essais sur la Renaissance

Series volume number: 12

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(August 2024)

ISBN: 9782406175087

8.62 x 5.91 inches

Price: $45.00

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Hardback (Published)

(August 2024)

ISBN: 9782812455100

8.62 x 5.91 inches

Price: $108.00

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This study shows how, during the Renaissance, the rewriting of classical mythology oscillated between two types of metamorphosis: one looked to myths for the origins of philosophical, ethical, and scientific thought, whereas the other sought in them a rhetoric that could be used to create new texts.

  • By (author) Herve-Thomas Campangne