Cummings, Brian (2020) Erasmus and the Colloquial Emotions. Erasmus Studies: Journal of the Erasmus of Rotterdam Society. pp. 127-150. ISSN 0276-2854
Abstract
Cognitive philosophy in recent years has made conversation central to the experience of emotion: we recognise emotions in dialogue. What lesson can be drawn from this for understanding Erasmus’ Colloquies? This work has often been rifled for its treatment of ideas and opinions, but it also offers a complex and highly imaginative treatment of conversation, originating as rhetorical exercises in De copia. This essay reconfigures the Colloquies in such terms, especially those involving female interlocutors, drawing on the riches of ancient interest in conversation in Plato, Cicero and Quintilian, and also on the vogue for dialogue in Renaissance Italy from Leonardo Bruni to Castiglione.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Brian Cummings, 2020 |
Keywords: | conversation,women,emotion,recognition,rhetoric,dialogue |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > English and Related Literature (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 05 Jan 2021 12:20 |
Last Modified: | 08 Feb 2025 00:40 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1163/18749275-04002004 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1163/18749275-04002004 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:169622 |
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