The Power of Words: Sarpi’s Use of Language in Making History
In the late sixteenth century, when the so-called baroque style spread across Europe, Paolo Sarpi eschewed the contemporary tendency and embraced an innovative narrative using parsimonious prose which, though it appears simple and plain, was a product of a careful selection of words with precise mea...
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Language: | Catalan |
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Liverpool University Press
2016-02-01
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Series: | Modern Languages Open |
Online Access: | http://www.modernlanguagesopen.org/index.php/mlo/article/view/122 |