This is a full-length study of the use of the dialogue form in Italy from the early sixteenth century until Galileo. Drawing on a wide range of sources, it examines the characteristics which determined the genre's unrivalled popularity in the period as a vehicle for polemic, debate, technical exposition and comic drama. More than simply an account of the development of an individual literary genre, however, the book is a contribution to the broader social and cultural history of the period. As representations of ...
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This is a full-length study of the use of the dialogue form in Italy from the early sixteenth century until Galileo. Drawing on a wide range of sources, it examines the characteristics which determined the genre's unrivalled popularity in the period as a vehicle for polemic, debate, technical exposition and comic drama. More than simply an account of the development of an individual literary genre, however, the book is a contribution to the broader social and cultural history of the period. As representations of conversation, miniature dramas of persuasion, the dialogues of the Italian Renaissance constitute an extraordinarily rich - and largely untapped - source of information about the ideals and practice of communication in the early modern age.
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Add this copy of The Renaissance Dialogue: Literary Dialogue in Its to cart. $66.00, very good condition, Sold by Libris Hardback Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Penn Laird, VA, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Cambridge University Press.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Green hardcover with bright gilt lettering on spine, corners and spine ends lightly bumped. Dust jacket shows moderate scuffing, spine faded. Binding tight, pages very clean, previous owner indication on inside front cover is the only marking. 236 pages. Packaged carefully for shipment in cardboard with U. S. tracking. Oversized or heavy books may require extra postage for priority or international shipment.
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Near Fine. Clean and sound; like new! 8vo in green cloth, gilt spine title. Virtually as new in like dustjacket, but for a p.o. name on the front free endpaper.
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