The Smile of Truth : the French Satirical Eulogy and Its Antecedents.

The Smile of Truth : the French Satirical Eulogy and Its Antecedents.

To teach the truth smilingly was, during the Renaissance, a frequently expressed goal among prose writers and poets such as Erasmus, Berni, Ronsard, Rabelais, and du Bellay, who adopted an ironic posture within their mock encomia in order to refer the reader beyond the realm of the literary structur...

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Main Author: Tomarken, Annette H.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Series:Princeton legacy library.
Subjects:
1500-1599
French literature > 16th century > History and criticism.
Satire, French > History and criticism.
Eulogies > History and criticism.
Satire, Latin (Medieval and modern) > History and criticism.
Renaissance > France.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
Eulogies
French literature
Renaissance
Satire, French
Satire, Latin (Medieval and modern)
France
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed)
Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Acknowledgments ; ONE. The Satirical Eulogy in Antiquity; TWO. Erasmus and the Moriae Encomium; THREE. Other Writers of Neo-Latin Satirical Eulogies; FOUR. The Satirical Eulogy in Italy; FIVE. The Vice Eulogy in France; SIX. The Disease Eulogy in France; SEVEN. The Animal Eulogy in France; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; I. REFERENCE WORKS; II. CLASSICAL WORKS AND RENAISSANCE TRANSLATIONS; III. NEO-LATIN WORKS AND VERNACULAR TRANSLATIONS; IV. ITALIAN WORKS; V. FRENCH WORKS; VI. ENGLISH WORKS; VII. GERMAN WORKS; VIII. SECONDARY SOURCES; Index.

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