The Prospects and Perils of Humanist Discourse
The correspondence of Erasmus and Guillaume Budé represents an exemplary performance of the kind of intellectual exchange prized in humanistic circles of their day, though its sudden collapse has continued to puzzle interpreters. The design of this essay is to examine the prospects and perils of thi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Iter Press
2024
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Renaissance and reformation
Year: 2024, Volume: 47, Issue: 1, Pages: 7-38 |
| Further subjects: | B
Guillaume Budé
B Correspondence B Humanism B Erasmus B Fragility |
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| Summary: | The correspondence of Erasmus and Guillaume Budé represents an exemplary performance of the kind of intellectual exchange prized in humanistic circles of their day, though its sudden collapse has continued to puzzle interpreters. The design of this essay is to examine the prospects and perils of this epistolary venture set against the cultural, political, and religious circumstances of the time, and thus to show that this humanist project floundered not so much because of differences in personal character as due to fissures concealed in the rhetorical landscape over which these correspondents wished to travel. This rich and intricate theatre of humanist letters thereby illustrates both the noble aspirations and the inherent fragility of humanist discourse. La correspondance d’Érasme et de Guillaume Budé représente une performance exemplaire du type d’échange intellectuel prisé dans les cercles humanistes de leur époque, même si son effondrement soudain continue de laisser les interprètes perplexes. Cet article se donne pour fin d’examiner les perspectives et les périls de cette aventure épistolaire dans le contexte culturel, politique et religieux de l’époque, afin de montrer que ce projet humaniste a échoué non pas tant en raison de différences de caractère qu’à cause de failles dissimulées dans le paysage rhétorique que ces correspondants souhaitaient parcourir. Ce théâtre riche et complexe de lettres humanistes illustre ainsi à la fois les nobles aspirations et la fragilité inhérente au discours humaniste. |
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| ISSN: | 2293-7374 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Renaissance and reformation
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.33137/rr.v47i1.41861 |