Elyot, Castiglione, and the problem of style
By: Teresa Kennedy.
Series: Renaissance and Baroque studies and texts,; v. 20
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
Subjects: Elyot, Thomas, Sir, 1490?-1546 -- Literary style; Elyot, Thomas, Sir, 1490?-1546; Castiglione, Baldassarre, conte, 1478-1529; Castiglione, Baldassarre, conte, 1478-1529 -- Literary style; English language -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Style; Italian language -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Style; Literature, Comparative -- English and Italian; Literature, Comparative -- Italian and English; Renaissance -- England; Renaissance -- Italy; Humanists -- England; Humanists -- Italy; Style, Literary; England -- Intellectual life -- 16th century
Description: This study of early vernacular humanism compares the stylistic-methods of two important prose writers, Sir Thomas Elyot and Baldassare Castiglione. Analysis of diction, syntax, and larger issues of cultural history explains how each of these stylists incorporated the classical model into his vernacular tradition.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-194) and index.