Dispositio: Problematic Ordering in French Renaissance Literature
Author | : Paul J. Smith |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2007-12-31 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789047431787 |
ISBN-13 | : 9047431782 |
Rating | : 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Download or read book Dispositio: Problematic Ordering in French Renaissance Literature written by Paul J. Smith and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007-12-31 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the classical concept of rhetorical dispositio, this study gives new interpretations of a number of literary texts of the French Renaissance (Rabelais, Du Bellay, Montaigne and others). The often problematic ordering of these texts is studied from a variety of perspectives, historical, theoretical and cultural.