Book contents
- Encyclopaedism from Antiquity to the Renaissance
- Encyclopaedism from Antiquity to the Renaissance
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Abbreviations
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Classical encyclopaedism
- Part II Medieval encyclopaedism
- Part III Renaissance encyclopaedism
- 18 Revisiting Renaissance encyclopaedism
- 19 Philosophy and the Renaissance encyclopaedia
- 20 Reading ‘Pliny's ape’ in the Renaissance
- 21 Shakespeare's encyclopaedias
- 22 Big Dig
- 23 Irony and encyclopaedic writing before (and after) the Enlightenment
- Part IV Chinese encyclopaedism: a postscript
- Bibliography
- Index
23 - Irony and encyclopaedic writing before (and after) the Enlightenment
from Part III - Renaissance encyclopaedism
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2013
Book contents
- Encyclopaedism from Antiquity to the Renaissance
- Encyclopaedism from Antiquity to the Renaissance
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Abbreviations
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Classical encyclopaedism
- Part II Medieval encyclopaedism
- Part III Renaissance encyclopaedism
- 18 Revisiting Renaissance encyclopaedism
- 19 Philosophy and the Renaissance encyclopaedia
- 20 Reading ‘Pliny's ape’ in the Renaissance
- 21 Shakespeare's encyclopaedias
- 22 Big Dig
- 23 Irony and encyclopaedic writing before (and after) the Enlightenment
- Part IV Chinese encyclopaedism: a postscript
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Encyclopaedism from Antiquity to the Renaissance , pp. 482 - 502Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013
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