Title: The Renaissance rediscovery of intimacy
Description: This title explores the way ancient epistolary theory and practice were understood and imitated in the European Renaissance. Eden draws chiefly upon Aristotle, Cicero, and Seneca to show how the classical genre of the 'familiar' letter emerged centuries later in the intimate styles of Petrarch Erasmus, and Montaigne.
Subjects: Classical letters, Renaissance Rhetoric, Influence, History and criticism, Criticism and interpretation, Ancient Rhetoric, Classical influences, European letters, Intimacy (Psychology) in literature, Petrarca, francesco, 1304-1374, Erasmus, desiderius, -1536, Montaigne, michel de, 1533-1592, Intimacy (psychology), Rhetoric, ancient, Literature
People: Desiderius Erasmus (d. 1536), Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374), Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592)
Time periods: Renaissance, 1450-1600