Hollow Men: Writing, Objects, and Public Image in Renaissance Italy
ISBN: 9780823252183
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Fordham University Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Sociology ; Language & Literature ; History;

Analyzes texts and art objects from the 15th to the late 16th centuries to show that Renaissance theories of emulating classical heroes generated a deep skepticism about representation, as these theories forced men to construct a public image that seemed fixed but could adapt to changing circumstances.

Gaylard Susan :

Susan Gaylard is Assistant Professor of Italian at the University of Washington.


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