Francisco Rodrigues Lobo ISBN: 9781469647227 Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / The University of North Carolina Press Digital rights:Users: Unlimited; Printing: Chapters; Download: Chapters Subjects: Dialogue.; Renaissance; Courts and courtiers in literature.;
This work 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.