Fragments of a Colossus

This article investigates the ways in which Erasmus’ theorizing of the apophthegm interacts with his practices of compilation, paraphrasing, and commentary in the Apophthegmata. Putting key passages from the dedicatory epistle to William of Cleves in dialogue with the commentary on and marginalia to...

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Main Author: Kilpatrick, Robert (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2014
In: Erasmus studies
Year: 2014, Volume: 34, Issue: 2, Pages: 92-107
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance
TB Antiquity
Further subjects:B Apophthegmata mirror-paradox Paraphrasis irony citation commentary sophists Plutarch Erasmus
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)