Biography in Early Modern France 1540-1630 - Forms and Functions (Hardcover)

When the famous Royal Professor of Philosophy and Eloquence Petrus Ramus (1515-1572) gave a lecture, one of his most promising pupils stood by, ready to tug on his coat if he made a mistake. That pupil was Ramus's future biographer, the much less famous Nicolas de Nancel (1539-1610), who recounted this anecdote in his Vita Rami (1599). Nancel's insertion of himself into his life of Ramus is typical of early modern biographies of men of letters. As biographer, the humanist man of letters situated himself within the same cultural field as his subject, thereby accrediting himself as a fellow man of letters by his display of humanistic competence. The first monograph study of the lives of men of letters in sixteenth-century France, this ground-breaking book offers valuable insights into biography's role as a form of social and cultural negotiation geared to advance the biographer's career.

General

Imprint:	Legenda
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2007
First published:	2007
Authors:	Katherine MacDonald
Dimensions:	254 x 179 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	126
ISBN-13:	978-1-905981-11-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries Books > Biography > General
LSN:	1-905981-11-2
Barcode:	9781905981113

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