Thomas Elyot: Critical Editions of Four Works on Counsel

The Doctrinal of Princes, Pasquill the Playne, of That Knowlage Whiche Maketh a Wise Man, and the Defence of Good Women
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-90-04-36510-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 9, 412 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 739 g

Reihe: International Studies in the History of Rhetoric

This volume provides the first modern scholarly editions of four works on the rhetoric of counsel by Sir Thomas Elyot (1490-1546), humanist scholar and advisor to Henry VIII of England. The Doctrinal of Princes, a translation of Isocrates’ To Nicocles, and probably the earliest English book translated directly from Greek into English, consists of a collection of aphorisms, all advising moderation, addressed to monarchs. Pasquill the Playne, the first English pasquinade, is a comic dialogue on the ethical challenges involved in counseling a prince. Of That Knowledge Which Maketh a Wise Man is a direct imitation of a Platonic dialogue, in which Plato’s confrontation with the Sicilian tyrant Dionysius is given dramatic form. A third dialogue, The Defense of Good Women, is the first printed English book that argues for the moral and political equality of women to men. Included in the volume are a general introduction to Elyot’s life and political career, extensive critical introductions to each of the texts, full recordings of the variations between printed editions, and substantive notes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

G Sullivan, Robert

E Walzer, Arthur

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1 Thomas Elyot: Life and Work

2 Elyot on Rhetoric and Counsel

3 Doctrinal of Princes: Critical Introduction

4 Doctrinal of Princes: Text

5 Pasquill the Playne: Critical Introduction

6 Pasquill the Playne: Text

7 Of that Knowlage, whiche Maketh a Wise Man: Critical Introduction

8 Of that Knowlage, whiche Maketh a Wise Man: Text. With the Editorial Assistance of Julia Becker

9 The Defence of Good Woman: Critical Introduction

10 The Defence of Good Woman: Text. With the Editorial Assistance of Emily Gallik

Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Robert Sullivan, Ph.D. Communication 1999, is an Associate Professor in the Communication Studies Department, Ithaca College. He has published widely on Classical rhetoric, argumentation theory, and propaganda.

Arthur Walzer, Ph.D. English, 1976, is Professor Emeritus, Communication Studies Department, University of Minnesota. He has published a book on George Campbell, numerous essays on the rhetorical tradition, and co-edited two collections, on Aristotle’s Rhetoric and on the rhetorical tradition.