Title Erasmus, man of letters : the construction of charisma in print / Lisa Jardine.

Descript 1 online resource (x, 284 pages) : illustrations, map Series Princeton legacy library Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-278) and index. Contents Introduction: Self-Portrait in Pen and Ink -- Ch. 1. 'A better portrait of Erasmus will his writings show': Fashioning the Figure -- Ch. 2. The In(de)scribable Aura of the Scholar-Saint in His Study: Erasmus's Life and Letters of Saint Jerome -- Ch. 3. Inventing Rudolph Agricola: Recovery and Transmission of the De inventione dialectica -- Ch. 4. Recovered Manuscripts and Second Editions: Staging the Book with the Castigatores -- Ch. 5. Reasoning Abundantly: Erasmus, Agricola, and Copia -- Ch. 6. Concentric Circles: Confected Correspondence and the Opus epistolarum Erasmi -- Conclusion: 'The name of Erasmus will never perish'. Summary 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 Erasmu. Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide Subject Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536 -- Authorship. Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536 (OCoLC)fst01817492 E⁺ѓrasme, (1469-1536) Authors, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- Netherlands -- Biography. Authors and publishers -- Netherlands -- History -- 16th century. Scholarly publishing -- Netherlands -- History -- 16th century. Netherlands -- Intellectual life -- 16th century. Printing -- Netherlands -- History -- 16th century. Authorship -- History -- 16th century. Humanists -- Netherlands. FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Latin. PHILOSOPHY -- Religious. Authors and publishers. (OCoLC)fst00821733 Authors, Latin (Medieval and modern) (OCoLC)fst00822199 Authorship. (OCoLC)fst00822442 Humanists. (OCoLC)fst00963543 Intellectual life. (OCoLC)fst00975769 Printing. (OCoLC)fst01076612 Scholarly publishing. (OCoLC)fst01106866 Netherlands. (OCoLC)fst01204034 Geleerdheid. Humanisme (cultuurgeschiedenis) Uitgeven. Imprimeurs -- Pays-Bas -- Histoire -- 16e sie⁺ђcle. Humanistes -- Pays-Bas. Pays-Bas -- Vie intellectuelle -- 16e sie⁺ђcle. 1500-1599 ISBN 9780691606811 0691606811 9781400863259 (e-book) 1400863252 (e-book) 0691057001 9780691057002