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A Companion to Juan Luis Vives
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A Companion to Juan Luis Vives Hardcover - 2008

by Charles Fantazzi (Editor)


From the publisher

Includes bibliographical references and index.

From the rear cover

The extraordinarily diverse oeuvre of Juan Luis Vives, marked by great erudition and originality, still remains very little known in the English-speaking world. This collection of essays considers his life and the influence of his writings, and examines some of his chief works. These include his books on the education of women and on the relief of the poor, his numerous political writings, and his huge encyclopedic treatise, "De disciplinis," a comprehensive critical and systematic review of universal learning and the state of the academic disciplines at the beginning of the sixteenth century. Subsequent chapters discuss Vives's ideas on the soul, especially his analysis of the emotions, his contribution to rhetoric and dialectic and a posthumous defense of the Christian religion in dialogue form.
Contributors are Enrique Gonzalez Gonzalez, Catherine Curtis, Peter Mack, Valerio Del Nero, Edward V. George.

Details

  • Title A Companion to Juan Luis Vives
  • Author Charles Fantazzi (Editor)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 430
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Brill
  • Date 2008
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9789004168541 / 9004168540
  • Weight 1.9 lbs (0.86 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.1 in (24.13 x 16.51 x 2.79 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 16th Century
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008022861
  • Dewey Decimal Code 196.1

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Citations

  • Reference and Research Bk News, 02/01/2009, Page 2

About the author

Charles Fantazzi, Ph.D. (1964) in Comparative Literature, Harvard University, Thomas Harriot Distinguished Professor, East Carolina University. Has published several critical editions and translations of Vives, the "Silvae" of Poliziano (Harvard University Press, 2004).