The unfolding of words : commentary in the age of Erasmus

The Resource The unfolding of words : commentary in the age of Erasmus
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The unfolding of words : commentary in the age of Erasmus
Title remainder
commentary in the age of Erasmus
Statement of responsibility
edited by Judith Rice Henderson ; with the assistance of P.M. Swan ; translations from the French by Karen Mak and Nancy Senior
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Commentary in the age of Erasmus
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  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
Summary
  • "Leading sixteenth-century scholars such as Martin Luther and Desiderius Erasmus used print technology to engage in dialogue and debate with authoritative contemporary texts. By what Juan Luis Vives termed 'the unfolding of words,' these humanists gave old works new meanings in brief notes and extensive commentaries, full paraphrases, or translations. This critique challenged the Middle Ages' deference to authors and authorship and resulted in some of the most original thought--and most violent controversy--of the Renaissance and Reformation
  • The Unfolding of Words brings together international scholarship to explore crucial changes in writers' interactions with religious and classical texts. This collection focuses particularly on commentaries by Erasmus, contextualizing his Annotations and Paraphrases on the New Testament against broader currents and works by such contemporaries as François Rabelais and Jodocus Badius. The Unfolding of Words tracks humanist explorations of the possibilities of the page that led to the modern dictionary, encyclopedia, and scholarly edition."--Pub. desc
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TOH
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illustrations
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index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
Series statement
Erasmus studies
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