This text argues against the application of a priori schemes to Renaissance (and all) texts. It argues for the possibility and desirability of rigorously attentive but pre-theoretical reading, taking an approach that privileges particularlity and respects resistant structures of texts. The book opposes theories, critical and historical, that dictate in advance what texts must, or cannot, say or do.
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This text argues against the application of a priori schemes to Renaissance (and all) texts. It argues for the possibility and desirability of rigorously attentive but pre-theoretical reading, taking an approach that privileges particularlity and respects resistant structures of texts. The book opposes theories, critical and historical, that dictate in advance what texts must, or cannot, say or do.
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Very Good jacket. A very good first edition hardcover in a very good dust jacket. Used with some wear around the edges. Previous owner's name is printed in the top of first page. Otherwise still in great reading condition with no markings in text.
