Author: Baltasar Gracián y MoralesPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Oráculo manual, etc. The Courtier's Oracle; or, the Art of Prudence ... Done into English
Author: Baltasar Gracián y MoralesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Dictionary of Quotations (Spanish)
Author: Thomas Benfield HarbottlePublisher:
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Category : Quotations, Spanish
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
The Antechamber
Author: Helmut PuffPublisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 1503637034
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
Helmut Puff invites readers to visit societies and spaces of the past through the lens of a particular temporal modality: waiting. From literature, memoirs, manuals, chronicles, visuals, and other documents, Puff presents a history of waiting anchored in antechambers—interior rooms designated and designed for people to linger. In early modern continental Western Europe, antechambers became standard in the residences of the elites. As a time-space infrastructure these rooms shaped encounters between unequals. By imposing spatial distance and temporal delays, antechambers constituted authority, rank, and power. Puff explores both the logic and the experience of waiting in such formative spaces, showing that time divides as much as it unites, and that far from what people have said about early moderns, they approached living in time with apprehensiveness. Unlike how contemporary society primarily views the temporal dimension, to early modern Europeans time was not an objective force external to the self but something that was tied to acting in time. Divided only by walls and doors, waiters sought out occasions to improve their lot. At other times, they disrupted the scripts accorded them. Situated at the intersection of history, literature, and the history of art and architecture, this wide-ranging study demonstrates that waiting has a history that has much to tell us about social and power relations in the past and present.
Miscellanies, political and literary
Author: sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant DuffPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 626
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Artful Immorality – Variants of Cynicism
Author: Daniel Scott MayfieldPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110431599
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
When a term is overused, it tends to fall out of fashion. Cynicism seems to be an exception. Its polytropic versatility apparently prevents any discontinuation of its application. Everyone knows that cynicism denotes that which is deemed deleterious at a given time; and every time will specify its toxicities – the apparent result being the term’s non-specificity. This study describes the cynical stance and statement so as to render the term’s use scholarly expedient. Close readings of textual sources commonly deemed cynical provide a legible starting point. A rhetorical analysis of aphorisms ascribed to the arch-Cynic Diogenes facilitates describing the design of cynical statements, as well as the characteristic features of the cynical stance. These patterns are identifiable in later texts generally labeled cynical – above all in Machiavelli’s Principe. With recourse to the Diogenical archetype, cynicism is likewise rendered describable in Gracián’s Oráculo manual, Diderot’s Le neveu de Rameau, and Nietzsche’s Posthumous Fragments. This study’s description of cynicism provides a phenomenon otherwise considered amorphous with distinct contours, renders transparent its workings, and tenders a dependable basis for further analyses.
Dissimulation and the Culture of Secrecy in Early Modern Europe
Author: Jon R. SnyderPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520274636
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
"A major scholarly achievement, which speaks to multiple disciplines and national traditions...Snyder offers an elegant introduction to the discourse of dissimulation in the courtly world of sixteenth and seventeenth century Europe, then moves beyond to make an important, original intervention on a topic that stands at the center of current debates about modernity."—Albert Ascoli, author of Dante and the Making of a Modern Author "The Baroque is the time of 'Machiavellianism' in politics, ethics, and religion. It is the time of esthetics of ostentation, chiaroscuros, and monumental theatricality. Paradoxically, it is also the time when freedom of thought, the value of dissidence, questions of authenticity, debates about virtues, and practices of confessions come to the fore. Snyder brings all these issues to new life in this deft and powerful book."—Giuseppe Mazzotta, author of The New Map of the World: the Poetic Philosophy of Giambattista Vico
Won in Translation
Author: Roger ChartierPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812298446
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
In Won in Translation Roger Chartier, one of the world's leading historians of books, publishing, and reading, considers the mobility of the early modern text and the plurality of circulating versions of the same work. The agent for both is translation, for through their lexical, aesthetic, and cultural decisions, translators always assign new meaning or new status to what they translate. Won in Translation proceeds by way of four case studies, three dedicated to works originally in Spanish, the fourth to a Portuguese dramatic adaptation of Don Quixote. Bartolomé de Las Casas' Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias, first printed in 1552, was a powerful instrument for the construction of what was later called the "black legend" of Spanish monarchy. Baltasar Gracián's Oráculo Manual, published in 1647, became the most famous courtier's manual in Europe. Both traveled more widely and were translated more often than any other books of their era. For Chartier they illustrate the great power of translation, which allowed Las Casas' account to be placed in multiple and successive contexts and enabled Gracián's book to take on a range of meanings it had not originally had. Chartier's next two chapters are devoted to plays, one by Lope de Vega, the other by Antônio José da Silva. In the case of Lope's Fuente Ovejuna, the "translation" was one from historical chronicle to dramatic performance. In Antônio José da Silva's Vida do Grande D. Quixote, the textual migration is twofold, as Cervantes' hero moves from Spanish to Portuguese and from novel to play. In an Epilogue, Chartier moves three centuries forward to consider the paradox that it is the absolute immobility of the text, "reinvented" word for word, that creates its mobility in Jorge Luis Borges' fiction "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote." Works are transformed through changes of genre or language, to be sure; but even when the texts remain fixed, their readers give them different or inverted meaning.
The Art of Worldly Wisdom
Author: Balthasar GracianPublisher: Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN:
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Discover the timeless wisdom of Balthasar Gracian's "The Art of Worldly Wisdom." Delve into a treasury of practical advice and profound insights distilled from centuries of human experience. Are you ready to unlock the secrets of success and navigate life's complexities with grace and finesse? In this masterful work, Gracian offers pearls of wisdom on various aspects of life, including relationships, career, and personal development. Each aphorism is a nugget of truth, offering guidance on how to navigate the challenges of the world with wisdom and discernment. But here's the real question: Will you heed the timeless advice of Gracian and apply it to your own life? Are you ready to embrace the art of worldly wisdom and embark on a journey of self-discovery and personal growth? Now is the time to seize the opportunity to enrich your life with the profound teachings of "The Art of Worldly Wisdom" by Balthasar Gracian. Unlock the secrets to a fulfilling and successful life. Purchase your copy of "The Art of Worldly Wisdom" now and embark on a journey of self-discovery and personal growth.
La Rochefoucauld and the Language of Unmasking in Seventeenth-century France
Author: Henry C. ClarkPublisher: Librairie Droz
ISBN: 9782600000543
Category : Civilization, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
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