{"product_id":"speaking-spirits-9781442650404","title":"Speaking Spirits","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Roush'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.' -- George McClure Renaissance Quarterly vol 69:02:2016 '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's most recent volume merits a place on the shelf of any Renaissance or Medieval Italianst's library.' -- Carlo Anneli Annali D'Italianistica vol 35:2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction  1. Rewriting the Auctor: Revising according to the Text's Letter or Spirit?  2. Divining Dante: Scandals of His Corpus and Corpse  3. Genius Loci: Exile, Citizenship, and the Place of Burial  4. Habeas Corpus, Habeas Spiritum: Some (Not-So-) Final Thoughts\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52090896154967,"sku":"9781442650404","price":48.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442650404.jpg?v=1762273720","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/speaking-spirits-9781442650404","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}