IV-6 Ordinis Quarti Tomus Sextus: Apophthegmata (Libri VII-VIII)

by Karl A E Enenkel (Editor)

Overview

The work provides a commented critical edition of Erasmus’s Apophthegmata (books V-VIII), the most successful early modern collection of memorable sayings and anecdotes. The substantial introduction analyses the genre of apophthegmata in antiquity, and the genesis, composition, sources and particularities of Erasmus’s work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789004448322
Publisher:	Brill Academic Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	04/25/2024
Series:	Opera Omnia Desiderii Erasmi - Erasmus, Opera Omnia , #6
Pages:	762
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 10.40(h) x 2.50(d)

About the Author

Karl A.E. Enenkel is Professor of Medieval Latin and Neo-Latin at the University of Münster. Previously he was Professor of Neo-Latin at the University of Leiden. He has published widely on international Humanism, early modern culture, paratexts, literary genres 1300–1600, Neo-Latin emblems, word and image relationships, and the history of scholarship and science.