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The Cornucopian Text

Problems of Writing in the French Renaissance

Terence Cave author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Published:17th Oct '85

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This seminal book examines the interaction of literary practice and theory in 16th-century France in the context of the great Renaissance writers, Erasmus, Rabelais, Ronsard, and Montaigne.

A book that shouyld appeal not only to Renaissance scholars...but also to those with a general interest in problems of writing, who will discover the pleasure and richness of Renaissance theory. * Jonathan Culler, Modern Philology *

ISBN: 9780198158356

Dimensions: 215mm x 138mm x 25mm

Weight: 580g

416 pages