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The European Renaissance in American Life

Author : Paul F. Grendler
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313038481
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book The European Renaissance in American Life written by Paul F. Grendler and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2006-03-30 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An informative but light-hearted look at the popularity of the Renaissance today, this book was written by a Renaissance scholar intrigued with the way his subject continues to resonate outside the scholarly community. His purpose is to uncover and describe the many manifestations of America's love of the Renaissance. Why do millions don costumes to attend Renaissance Faires? Why do novels and films about the period enjoy continued popularity, as do Renaissance icons such as Elizabeth I, Michelangelo, Shakespeare and the Mona Lisa? How is it that American politicians and business leaders still look to Machiavelli as a symbol of wisdom-or of evil? Grendler posits that Americans embrace the Renaissance as a model of culture and sophistication, seeing it as confirmation that the individual can achieve greatness against long odds, a belief at the core of our own society. After an examination of The Real Renaissance (1400-1620), the book looks at ways in which Americans relive the experience (including Faires and Living Last Suppers), ways in which we re-create the Renaissance in our own world, and finally, ways in which the Renaissance is portrayed, for better or worse, in fiction and film.

European Revolutions and the American Literary Renaissance

Author : Larry J. Reynolds
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300042429
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book European Revolutions and the American Literary Renaissance written by Larry J. Reynolds and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political issues and events have always acted as a catalyst on thought and art. In this pioneering study, Larry J. Reynolds argues that the European revolutions of 1848-49 quickened the American literary imagination and shaped the characters, plots, and themes of the American renaissance. He traces the impact of the revolutions on Emerson, Fuller, Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman, and Thoreau, showing that the upheavals abroad both inspired and disturbed. Extraordinarily well informed and creative treatment of the influences of the 1848-49 European revolutions on writers of the American Renaissance...The book is especially effective in providing a historical context for reading major writings. It demonstrates influences at work at a number of levels and presents historical narrative and subtle readings of literary texts with equal clarity. Highly recommended.- Choice

Civilization of Europe in the Renaissance

Author : John Hale
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0684803526
Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book Civilization of Europe in the Renaissance written by John Hale and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1995-06 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring every aspect of art, philosophy, politics, life and culture between 1450 and 1620, this enthralling panorama examines one of the most fascinating and exciting periods in European history. "A rich, dense book which combines inspiring generalizations with idiosyncratic detail".--The Spectator. Photos.

The European Renaissance and Reformation, 1350-1600

Author : Norman J. Wilson
Publisher : World Eras
ISBN 13 : 9780787617066
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (17 download)

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Book Synopsis The European Renaissance and Reformation, 1350-1600 by : Norman J. Wilson

Download or read book The European Renaissance and Reformation, 1350-1600 written by Norman J. Wilson and published by World Eras. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of a series aiming to help students and researchers understand key periods in world history, this volume is divided into nine chapters that focus on arts and communication through the period of renaissance and reformation within Europe.

The Biglow Papers

Author : James Russell Lowell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book The Biglow Papers written by James Russell Lowell and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The European Renaissance in American Life

Author : Paul F. Grendler
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 : 0275984869
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (759 download)

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Download or read book The European Renaissance in American Life written by Paul F. Grendler and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2006-03-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book Review

Handbook to Life in Renaissance Europe

Author : Sandra Sider
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195330846
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Handbook to Life in Renaissance Europe written by Sandra Sider and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The word renaissance means "rebirth," and the most obvious example of this phenomenon was the regeneration of Europe's classical Roman roots. The Renaissance began in northern Italy in the late 14th century and culminated in England in the early 17th century. Emphasis on the dignity of man (though not of woman) and on human potential distinguished the Renaissance from the previous Middle Ages. In poetry and literature, individual thought and action were prevalent, while depictions of the human form became a touchstone of Renaissance art. In science and medicine the macrocosm and microcosm of the human condition inspired remarkable strides in research and discovery, and the Earth itself was explored, situating Europeans within a wider realm of possibilities. Organized thematically, the Handbook to Life in Renaissance Europe covers all aspects of life in Renaissance Europe: History; religion; art and visual culture; architecture; literature and language; music; warfare; commerce; exploration and travel; science and medicine; education; daily life.

Erasmus, Man of Letters

Author : Lisa Jardine
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400866170
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Erasmus, Man of Letters written by Lisa Jardine and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-06-23 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The name Erasmus of Rotterdam conjures up a golden age of scholarly integrity and the disinterested pursuit of knowledge, when learning could command public admiration without the need for authorial self-promotion. Lisa Jardine, however, shows that Erasmus self-consciously created his own reputation as the central figure of the European intellectual world. Erasmus himself—the historical as opposed to the figural individual—was a brilliant, maverick innovator, who achieved little formal academic recognition in his own lifetime. What Jardine offers here is not only a fascinating study of Erasmus but also a bold account of a key moment in Western history, a time when it first became possible to believe in the existence of something that could be designated "European thought."

America Magica (2nd edition)

Author : Jorge Magasich-Airola
Publisher : Anthem Press
ISBN 13 : 1843312921
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (433 download)

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Download or read book America Magica (2nd edition) written by Jorge Magasich-Airola and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2007-07-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enthralling account of the conflicting experiences of discovering the New World, drawing upon the intriguing tales of early discovery and amazing illustrations of the day. The authors invoke the unique exhilaration of exploration, investigating the conflict between the ambitious idealism and harsh realities that have always characterized and torn the country. After all, did people not go to America in search of both the Garden of Eden and the tribes of the damned?

America in European Consciousness, 1493-1750

Author : Karen Ordahl Kupperman
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 9780807845103
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (451 download)

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Download or read book America in European Consciousness, 1493-1750 written by Karen Ordahl Kupperman and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For review see: Stephen J. Homick, in The Hispanic Historical Review (HAHR), vol. 77, no. 1 (February 1997); p. 78-80.

The Routledge History of the Renaissance

Author : William Caferro
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135184945X
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge History of the Renaissance written by William Caferro and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-27 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing together the latest research in the field, The Routledge History of the Renaissance treats the Renaissance not as a static concept, but as one of ongoing change within an international framework. It takes as its unifying theme the idea of exchange and interchange through the movement of goods, ideas, disease and people, across social, religious, political and physical boundaries. Covering a broad range of temporal periods and geographic regions, the chapters discuss topics such as the material cultures of Renaissance societies; the increased popularity of shopping as a pastime in fourteenth-century Italy; military entrepreneurs and their networks across Europe; the emergence and development of the Ottoman empire from the early fourteenth to the late sixteenth century; and women and humanism in Renaissance Europe. The volume is interdisciplinary in nature, combining historical methodology with techniques from the fields of anthropology, sociology, psychology and literary criticism. It allows for juxtapositions of approaches that are usually segregated into traditional subfields, such as intellectual, political, gender, military and economic history. Capturing dynamic new approaches to the study of this fascinating period and illustrated throughout with images, figures and tables, this comprehensive volume is a valuable resource for all students and scholars of the Renaissance.

The Horizon Book of Daily Life in Renaissance Italy

Author : Charles L. Mee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Horizon Book of Daily Life in Renaissance Italy written by Charles L. Mee and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contrasts Italian Renaissance cultural, economic, and technological achievements with the widespread crime, violence, and political greed of the era.

The Renaissance in the Streets, Schools, and Studies

Author : Paul F. Grendler
Publisher : Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies
ISBN 13 : 9780772720429
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book The Renaissance in the Streets, Schools, and Studies written by Paul F. Grendler and published by Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies. This book was released on 2008 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Race and Renaissance

Author : Joseph William Trotter Jr.
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN 13 : 0822977559
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)

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Download or read book Race and Renaissance written by Joseph William Trotter Jr. and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2010-06-27 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African Americans from Pittsburgh have a long and distinctive history of contributions to the cultural, political, and social evolution of the United States. From jazz legend Earl Fatha Hines to playwright August Wilson, from labor protests in the 1950s to the Black Power movement of the late 1960s, Pittsburgh has been a force for change in American race and class relations. Race and Renaissance presents the first history of African American life in Pittsburgh after World War II. It examines the origins and significance of the second Great Migration, the persistence of Jim Crow into the postwar years, the second ghetto, the contemporary urban crisis, the civil rights and Black Power movements, and the Million Man and Million Woman marches, among other topics. In recreating this period, Trotter and Day draw not only from newspaper articles and other primary and secondary sources, but also from oral histories. These include interviews with African Americans who lived in Pittsburgh during the postwar era, which reveal firsthand accounts of what life was truly like during this transformative epoch. Race and Renaissance illuminates how Pittsburgh's African Americans arrived at their present moment in history. It also links movements for change to larger global issues: civil rights with the Vietnam War; affirmative action with the movement against South African apartheid. As such, the study draws on both sociology and urban studies to deepen our understanding of the lives of urban blacks.

Afro-American Life, History and Culture

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 790 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Contesting the Renaissance

Author : William Caferro
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444391321
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)

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Download or read book Contesting the Renaissance written by William Caferro and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-08-24 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, William Caferro asks if the Renaissance was really a period of progress, reason, the emergence of the individual, and the beginning of modernity. An influential investigation into the nature of the European Renaissance Summarizes scholarly debates about the nature of the Renaissance Engages with specific controversies concerning gender identity, economics, the emergence of the modern state, and reason and faith Takes a balanced approach to the many different problems and perspectives that characterize Renaissance studies

Renaissance? Perceptions of Continuity and Discontinuity in Europe, c.1300- c.1550

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900418841X
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Renaissance? Perceptions of Continuity and Discontinuity in Europe, c.1300- c.1550 written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010-09-24 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At least since the publication of Burckhardt’s seminal study, the Renaissance has commonly been understood in terms of discontinuities. Seen as a radical departure from the intellectual and cultural norms of the ‘Middle Ages’, it has often been associated with the revival of classical Antiquity and the transformation of the arts, and has been viewed primarily as an Italian phenomenon. In keeping with recent revisionist trends, however, the essays in this volume explore moments of profound intellectual, artistic, and geographical continuity which challenge preconceptions of the Renaissance. Examining themes such as Shakespearian tragedy, Michelangelo’s mythologies, Johannes Tinctoris’ view of music, the advent of printing, Burgundian book collections, and Bohemian ‘renovatio’, this volume casts a revealing new light on the Renaissance. Contributors include Klára Benešovská, Robert Black, Stephen Bowd, Matteo Burioni, Ingrid Ciulisová, Johannes Grave, Luke Houghton, Robin Kirkpatrick, Alexander Lee, Diotima Liantini, Andrew Pettegree, Rhys W. Roark, Maria Ruvoldt, Jeffrey Chipps Smith, Robin Sowerby, George Steiris, Rob C. Wegman, and Hanno Wijsman.