| Thomas Elyot: Critical Editions of Four Works on Counsel: The Doctrinal of Princes, Pasquill the Playne, of That Knowlage Whiche Maketh a Wise Man, an Contributor(s): G. Sullivan, Robert (Editor), E. Walzer, Arthur (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004365109 ISBN-13: 9789004365100 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $171.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Medieval - Literary Criticism | Renaissance - Literary Criticism | Shakespeare |
| Series: International Studies in the History of Rhetoric |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (1.63 lbs) 420 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume provides the first modern scholarly editions of four works on the rhetoric of counsel by Sir Thomas Elyot (1490-1546), humanist scholar and advisor to Henry VIII of England. The Doctrinal of Princes, a translation of Isocrates' To Nicocles, and probably the earliest English book translated directly from Greek into English, consists of a collection of aphorisms, all advising moderation, addressed to monarchs. Pasquill the Playne, the first English pasquinade, is a comic dialogue on the ethical challenges involved in counseling a prince. Of That Knowledge Which Maketh a Wise Man is a direct imitation of a Platonic dialogue, in which Plato's confrontation with the Sicilian tyrant Dionysius is given dramatic form. A third dialogue, The Defense of Good Women, is the first printed English book that argues for the moral and political equality of women to men. Included in the volume are a general introduction to Elyot's life and political career, extensive critical introductions to each of the texts, full recordings of the variations between printed editions, and substantive notes. |