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Erasmus, Man of Letters Lisa Jardine

Erasmus, Man of Letters By Lisa Jardine

Erasmus, Man of Letters by Lisa Jardine


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This monograph argues that Erasmus of Rotterdam self-consciously created his own reputation as the central figure of the European intellectual world, drawing heavily for this purpose on the skills of his following of printers, copy editors, proofreaders and minor authors.

Erasmus, Man of Letters Summary

Erasmus, Man of Letters: The Construction of Charisma in Print by Lisa Jardine

The name Erasmus of Rotterdam conjures up a golden age of scholarly integrity. However, as Lisa Jardine portrays him, Erasmus self-consciously created his own reputation as the central figure of the European intellectual world.

Erasmus, Man of Letters Reviews

"Winner of the 1993 Bainton Book Prize, Sixteenth Century Studies Conference"
"Erasmus, Man of Letters may inspire skepticism about Erasmus's alleged sincerity, but it is hard not to feel increased admiration for the energy and ingenuity with which the indefatigable scholar continued to combine so successful a publicity campaign with his countless other literary activities."---Alastair Hamilton, The Times Literary Supplement
"A contribution to the understanding of the modern age. Jardine vividly shows how reading-attentive, critical reading-became a form of `spiritual education' in the early modern period, and how Erasmus became the pattern for the modern Man of Letters."---Tom D'Evelyn, Bostonia
"Jardine's spirited study exploits the evidence of Erasmus's own statements about himself, direct and oblique, and the estimates of his situation in the great tradition that he influenced others to make.... [Her portrait of Erasmus] is taken under a raking light, to show a master of the media [and] a master-builder of a textual persona, of an intellectual genealogy culminating in himself."---J. B. Trapp, London Review of Books

Additional information

GOR006236039
9780691001579
069100157X
Erasmus, Man of Letters: The Construction of Charisma in Print by Lisa Jardine
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Princeton University Press
1994-12-19
294
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