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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Delaware, 2009. / Principal faculty advisor: Ann E. Gibson, Dept. of Art History. Includes bibliographical references.

This Master's Thesis studies the theme of the stroll (promenade) and the various metaphors it inspires in a selection of humanist works from the 16th and 17th centuries. Furthermore, it attempts to show that the image of the promenade acts as an emblem to various intellectual trends here united under the concept of openness. The diverses uses of the promenade are each considered to be emblematic of a level of ouverture which, in turn, forms the subject of a section of the thesis: I. Openness to the world, where the theme of the stroll is studied in relation to another great humanist commonplace: that of the "book of the world"; II. Openness to the other, where, with special emphasis on Jacques Tahureau's Dialogues (published in 1565), the promenade is shown to be emblematic of the sociability so highly regarded by humanists; III. Rhetorical openness, where, with particular emphasis on Montaigne's Essays (published between 1580 and 1595) and Etienne Pasquier's Letters (published between 1585 and 1619), are examined the rhetorical meanings of the promenade; and finally IV. Philosophical openness, where, with particular emphasis on Francois La Mothe Le Vayer's La Promenade (published between 1662 and 1664), the emblem of the stroll is shown to be inextricably linked to philosophical skepticism. A brief epilogue points to the literary future of the promenade and links the aesthetics of humanist openness to some contemporary epistemological trends.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of English Language and Literature, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [274]-281).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1961. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 376-384).

Thesis--University of Chicago, 1940. / Edited from the manuscript in the library of the University of Chicago, collated with photostat of the manuscript in the Staatsbibliothek, Berlin and microfilm of the manuscript in the Biblioteca Laurenziana, Florence. cf. introd. Includes bibliographical references.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Zürich. / Published also without thesis note. "Corrigenda": slip inserted. Curriculum vitae. "Bibliography and index of authors": p. 175-189.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-205). Also available on the Internet.