The Renaissance Dialogue: Literary Dialogue in Its Social and Political Contexts, Castiglione to Galileo

by Virginia Cox

Book Overview

This is a full-length study of the use of the dialogue form in Italy from the early sixteenth century until Galileo. Drawing on a wide range of sources, it examines the characteristics which determined the genre's unrivalled popularity in the period as a vehicle for polemic, debate, technical exposition and comic drama. More than simply an account of the development of an individual literary genre, however, the book is a contribution to the broader...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521069661
• ISBN13: 9780521069663
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"