Francisco Rodrigues Lobo: Dialogue and Courtly Lore in Renaissance Portugal

ISBN-13: 9780807891094 / Angielski / Miękka / 1971 / 190 str.

Richard A. Preto-Rodas

Opis

Examines the dialogue tradition as it shaped the structure and themes of Lobo's seventeenth-century classic. Lobo's departure from earlier views of courtly lore is shown in his preference for social eloquence and literary cultivation over nobility of character and physical prowess.