Title: Elyot, Castiglione, and the problem of style
First published: 1996
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.
Subjects: Comparative Literature, English and Italian, English language, Humanists, Intellectual life, Italian and English, Italian language, Literary style, Literature, Comparative, Renaissance, Style, Style, Literary, Elyot, thomas, sir, 1490-1546, Castiglione, baldassare, conte, 1478-1529, English language, early modern, 1500-1700, Renaissance, england, Renaissance, italy, Comparative literature, english and italian
Places: England, Italy
People: Baldassarre Castiglione conte (1478-1529), Thomas Elyot Sir (1490?-1546)
Time periods: 16th century, Early modern, 1500-1700
LC classification: PR2270.E5 Z75 1996