CONSOLATIONS FOR MELANCHOLY IN RENAISSANCE HUMANISM

This essay explores the role of melancholy within the consolatoryliterature of Renaissance humanism. It begins (sections I-II) with a summary of thethemes and methods of humanist consolationes and their classical models, with particularattention to their moral psychology, and addresses their relatio...

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Main Author: Angus GOWLAND
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitatea de Vest Vasile Goldis din Arad 2012-04-01
Series:Societate şi Politică
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Online Access:http://www.uvvg.ro/socpol/docs/2012-1/3.%20angus%20gowland.pdf