{"product_id":"speaking-spirits-ventriloquizing-the-dead-in-renaissance-italy-paperback-softback-9781487547585","title":"Speaking Spirits; Ventriloquizing the Dead in Renaissance Italy (Paperback \/ softback) 9781487547585","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSpeaking Spirits\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eVentriloquizing the Dead in Renaissance Italy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSherry Roush (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487547585\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 June 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.39 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003e[Speaking Spirits] \u003c\/i\u003eis clearly written and generous with lengthy quotations and translations…this work is most relevant to Italianists. But even the general reader will find the work\u0026amp;#x2019;s capsule authorial autobiographies, literary backstories, and glimpses into peculiar concerns of Renaissance authors of interest. \"\u003c\/p\u003e - Justine Walden (Sixteenth Century Journal vol. 49, no. 1 2018) \u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x2018;With a wealth of material to sustain the focus of her exploration and the clarity of style in which she presents the fruit of her research, Roush\u0026amp;#x2019;s most recent volume merits a place on the shelf of any Renaissance or Medieval Italianst\u0026amp;#x2019;s library.\u0026amp;#x2019;\u003c\/p\u003e - Carlo Anneli (Annali D\u0026amp;#x2019;Italianistica vol 35:2016) \u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x2018;Roush\u0026amp;#x2019;s rich study adds much to our understanding of the dynamics of literary authority, showing how authors can simultaneously worship their forbears while exploiting their power to sometimes contrary ends.\u0026amp;#x2019;\u003c\/p\u003e - George McClure (Renaissance Quarterly vol 69:02:2016)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn classical and early modern rhetoric, to write or speak using the voice of a dead individual is known as \u003cem\u003eeidolopoeia\u003c\/em\u003e. Whether through ghost stories, journeys to another world, or dream visions, Renaissance writers frequently used this rhetorical device not only to co-opt the authority of their predecessors but in order to express partisan or politically dangerous arguments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eSpeaking Spirits\u003c\/em\u003e, Sherry Roush presents the first systematic study of early modern Italian \u003cem\u003eeidolopoeia\u003c\/em\u003e. Expanding the study of Renaissance \u003cem\u003eeidolopoeia\u003c\/em\u003e beyond the well-known cases of the shades in Dante’s \u003cem\u003eCommedia\u003c\/em\u003e and the spirits of Boccaccio’s \u003cem\u003eDe casibus vivorum illustrium\u003c\/em\u003e, Roush examines many other appearances of famous ghosts – invocations of Boccaccio by Vincenzo Bagli and Jacopo Caviceo, Girolamo Malipiero’s representation of Petrarch in Limbo, and Girolamo Benivieni’s ghostly voice of Pico della Mirandola. Through close readings of these eidolopoetic texts, she illuminates the important role that this rhetoric played in the literary, legal, and political history of Renaissance Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Rewriting the \u003cem\u003eAuctor\u003c\/em\u003e: Revising according to the Text’s Letter or Spirit?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Divining Dante: Scandals of His Corpus and Corpse\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. \u003cem\u003eGenius Loci\u003c\/em\u003e: Exile, Citizenship, and the Place of Burial\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. \u003cem\u003eHabeas Corpus, Habeas Spiritum\u003c\/em\u003e: Some (Not-So-) Final Thoughts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595897368856,"sku":"9781487547585","price":22.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/speaking-spirits-ventriloquizing-the-dead-in-renaissance-italy-paperback-softback-9781487547585","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}