Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1983. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 786-802).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1971. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis--Berlin. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University / PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you. / The problem of the dissertation is to formulate the relationship of John Colet (1467? -1519), Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, to the resurgent study of "humane letters" in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. More specifically, the purpose is to indicate what Colet thought humanism to be, what in it appealed to him, and how much of it he took for his own. Further, it is hoped that it may have a more general value in suggesting some of the reasons humanism held the interest it did in ecclesiastical and theological circles, and some of the results to which the pursuit of that interest led. The method of the dissertation is descriptive and historical. The plan of the dissertation is first to discover the kind of humanism which Colet actually encountered in England, France, and Italy--what it was saying and doing, the audience to which it was addressed, and the motives which directed it. Thus a wide variety of contemporary writings and of analytical studies in the Renaissance in general and in humanism in particular are used. Second, the study asks what Colet himself really understood the new "humane letters" to be, what the nature of their appeal was -- personally and ecclesiastically. This latter step has demanded that the bulk of the work be done in Colet's own writings and in other relevant primary sources. Out of the first part of the study the thesis emerges that Renaissance humanism was primarily a literary and linguistic phenomenon, not a philosophical, nor even an aesthetic one. Humanists were craftsmen above all else, skilled in the arts of letter and document composition, who found employment chiefly as personal or municipal secretaries, diplomats, and teachers of the skills basic to their work--grammar, rhetoric, "poetry," and somewhat later, history and moral philosophy. Classical literature and style were increasingly seen to furnish nearly unlimited resources and actual models for the development of these skills. The characteristics of this humanism are then used as the criteria of comparison by which Colet is examined. In exploring the significance of Colet's academic program, both at Oxford and on the continent, we discover that he exhibited a rather definite order in the importance he attributed to his various studies: Christian teaching, humanistic techniques of criticism, platonic studies. Further, his Latin style and even his handwriting suggest that among the current academic schools and fads, it was the humanists with whom he wished to be identified. More revealing than these inferences is the assortment of writers he used in his own studies. They were not the great figures of the previous three or four centuries, but the "poets" of the classical world, especially of Rome, and of the early Church--the latter were significantly viewed not simply as the Church Fathers, but as the "Christian classics." Indeed, for Colet it was only after one had received the teaching of the Scriptures and these Christian classics that he could make proper use of the pagan classics. This seems clearly to reinforce the order of preference already noted in connection with his academic career. It was also the reason why Colet was so careful in defining the ancient authors who should be read by the 153 scholars in his St. Paul's School. Though Colet is often not entirely successful in maintaining this order in his use of the two "classics," both his attempt to do so and the particular historical-textual approach he made to much of the ancient literature--Scriptural, patristic, and pagan classical--all tend to justify the label "Christian humanist" which has been applied to him. / 2999-01-01

This study explores the letters which Flaubert wrote to Louise Colet between 1851 and 1854, and scrutinizes more particularly the dynamics of their epistolary relationship as well as the nature of the "contract" between the author and his mistress. A letter justifies and exists only by virtue of the distance and absence of the other person, and its appears that Flaubert resolutely availed himself of this mode of communication with Louise, and thus preserved efficiently the necessary solitude and silence for the composition of his work. The first part of the inquiry, which attempts to define the status and function of Louise in the Correspondence, is devoted to the eloquent forcefulness and the sheer quality of Flaubert's exposition. The second part of this work focuses on the originality of Flaubert's ideas in the letters and how they are representative of this life long literary beliefs. This so called love correspondence is literally permeated with literary discussion, and the reader of these letters quickly begins to wonder why Flaubert elected as his privileged correspondent a mistress who was incapable of understanding or sharing his profound convictions on aesthetic matters.

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[pt] O presente trabalho pretende delinear os principais fundamentos de um programa de ascese de Louise Colet (1810 – 1876) esboçado por Gustave Flaubert (1821 – 1880). Com este intuito, debruça-se sobre a correspondência escrita por Flaubert a Louise, com quem o escritor manteve uma relação amorosa ao longo de oito anos. Assim, o exame das missivas traz à luz o programa de ascese que se estabelece através da intensa relação de intimidade entre os dois escritores. Sob este aspecto, examinam-se os aconselhamentos que se encontram nas cartas, através de um diálogo com o pensamento de Pierre Hadot e de Michel Foucault. Pela via da relação de amor erótico entre Gustave e Louise, a ascese que se apresenta à escritora, é, ao mesmo tempo, também exercícios espirituais para Flaubert, do mesmo modo que o são para a escritora. Deste movimento de busca por aprimoramento pessoal que se revela pela análise das correspondências, apreende-se a importância da relação amorosa para a afirmação e continuidade da ascese. Tal busca tem como finalidade principal possibilitar uma completa modificação da personalidade, conduzindo-a na direção de uma vida vivida virtuosamente, i.e., a vida que encontra na otimização da realização do ofício um prazer, segundo as conceituações de Aristóteles em Ética a Nicômaco. Para tanto, os estudos de Jacques Lacan sobre estrutura e cadeia significante proporcionam os instrumentos para a análise do texto das cartas. / [fr] Le présent travail vise à définir les principales bases d un programme d ascèse de Louise Colet (1810 - 1876) esquissé par Gustave Flaubert (1821 - 1880). À cet effet, on se penche sur la correspondance écrite par Flaubert à Louise, avec qui l écrivain a entretenu une relation amoureuse pendant huit ans. Ainsi, l analyse des missives met en lumière le programme d ascèse qui est établi à travers l intense rapport d intimité entre les deux écrivains. A cet égard, on examine les conseils trouvés dans les lettres, à travers un dialogue avec la pensée de Pierre Hadot et Michel Foucault. Par la voie de la relation amoureuse érotique entre Gustave et Louise, l ascèse qui se présente à l écrivaine est aussi en même temps des exercices spirituels pour Flaubert, aussi bien que pour l écrivaine. De ce mouvement de recherche d amélioration personnelle révélée par l analyse des correspondances, on apprend l importance du rapport amoureux pour l affirmation et la continuité de l ascèse. Une telle recherche a pour but principal de rendre possible une modification complète de la personnalité, en la menant vers une vie vécue vertueusement, c est-à-dire la vie qui trouve dans l optimisation de la réalisation de l office un plaisir, selon les conceptions d Aristote dans l Ethique à Nicomaque. Pour ce faire, les études de Jacques Lacan sur la structure et la chaîne signifiante fournissent les outils pour l analyse du texte des lettres.

This dissertation explores humanism, the rediscovery of the culture of ancient Greece and Rome, in late fifteenth- and early sixteenth-century England. It does so with reference to texts, institutional settings, and networks both within and beyond England, and examines the activities of several seemingly minor figures who have been absent from recent scholarship on the topic: John Holt, William Lily, Richard Croke, Leonard Cox, and Thomas Lupset. These figures made distinctive and original contributions to the genres in which they operated, whether the grammatical manual, educational treatise, dialogue, or philosophical meditation. They are also noteworthy for their considerable influence, whether in England or further abroad. With regard to Croke and Cox, the integration of previously unknown sources from France and Germany and overlooked ones from eastern Europe reveals that England could be an exporter and not merely an importer of humanism. Taken together, these individuals demonstrate that English humanism was more sophisticated and complex than its frequent characterisation as 'Erasmian' would suggest. In addition, this dissertation analyses the influence of humanism on two school foundations: St Paul's School and Ipswich College. It re-evaluates the portrayal of John Colet as an anti-intellectual, and understands St Paul's as a deeply personal endeavour, reflecting his desire to do better for the next generation. It establishes the depth and significance of humanism in Cardinal Wolsey's foundation of Ipswich College, hitherto accorded less importance by historians than his Oxford college. The examination of the little-known materials he published on the eve of his fall in 1529, together with reports from staff on its progress, show that he regarded it as central to his ambitious vision for England and to the creation of his own reputation as a civic humanist. This research therefore revises our understanding of a neglected period, and engages with the vexed questions at the heart of the study of humanism: how contemporaries dealt with the tension between their faith and their enthusiasm for pagan culture, and regarded the rival attractions of scholarly leisure and active public service.

Edición crítica en inglés de Palladine of England, libro de caballerías traducido al inglés por Anthony Munday en 1588 a través de su versión francesa L'Histoire Palladienne, de 1555. El libro original, ibérico y de autor anónimo, que Claude Colet tradujo al francés, es Don Florando de Inglaterra (1545). Esta edición crítica proporciona una introducción a la época, género y prácticas traductológicas de Munday; un seguimiento histórico de la obra, descripción bibliográfica, transcripción y edición del texto original con notas eruditas; y glosario, emendaciones y un apéndice de notas traductológicas.