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Additional authors

1. Petrocchi, Alessandra
2. Brown, Joshua

Description

1. 433 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.

Summary

1. "Although much work has been done in the field of Renaissance Studies, at present there is no book which offers a comparative overview of the linguistic interaction between Renaissance Italy and the wider world. The present volume is intended to fill this void, representing the first-ever collection of essays that deal with multiple types of language contact and cross-cultural exchanges in and with respect to Renaissance Italy (1300-1600). We bring diverse disciplinary perspectives together: literary scholars, historians, and linguists with different regional expertise; we argue for multilingualism and language contact as products of a period of dynamic change which cannot be fully grasped through a single framework. The contributions present a variety of case-studies by often cross-fertilising their approaches with other disciplinary lenses. This book aims to provide a comprehensive picture of a truly global Renaissance Italy where languages, textual traditions, and systems of knowledge from different geographical areas either combined or clashed. It takes a fresh approach to the history of late medieval and early modern Italy by focusing on East/West linguistic and cultural encounters, transmission of ideas and texts, multilingualism in literature (various genres and various forms of multilingualism), translation practices, reception/adaptation of new knowledge, transculturalism and literary exchanges, and the relationship between languages and language varieties"--

Series statement

1. Late Medieval and Early Modern Studies, 2406-5463 ; volume 30

Uniform title

1. Late medieval and early modern studies ; v. 30.

Subject

1. Linguistics > Italy > History > Cross-cultural studies
2. Languages in contact > Italy
3. Italian language > Influence on foreign languages
4. Renaissance > Italy
5. Linguistics
6. Renaissance
7. Languages in contact
8. Italian language
9. Relations
10. Language and languages
11. Europe > Relations > Italy
12. Italy > Relations > Europe
13. Italy > Languages
14. Italy
15. Europe

Genre/Form

1. Cross-cultural studies.
2. History.

Call number

1. JFE 23-2473

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Title

1. Languages and cross-cultural exchanges in Renaissance Italy / edited by Alessandra Petrocchi and Joshua Brown.

Publisher

1. Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2023]

Copyright date

1. ©2023

Type of content

1. text
2. still image
3. cartographic image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. Late Medieval and Early Modern Studies, 2406-5463 ; volume 30
2. Late medieval and early modern studies ; v. 30.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Added author

1. Petrocchi, Alessandra, editor.
2. Brown, Joshua, editor.

ISBN

1. 2503601812 hardback
2. 9782503601816 hardback

Research call number

1. JFE 23-2473