Hollow Men
Subtitle: Writing, Objects, and Public Image in Renaissance Italy
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780823251742
Subjects: Italian literature, history and criticism; Italian language; Art, renaissance; Masculinity in literature; Renaissance, italy
Description: "Analyzes texts and art objects from the 15th to the late 16th centuries to show that Renaissance theories of emulating classical heroes generated a deep skepticism about representation, as these theories forced men to construct a public image that seemed fixed but could adapt to changing circumstances"--