The Telling Image
The Telling Image

Author: Ayers L. Bagley

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13:

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This text examines emblems as visual and verbal imagery, exploring applied emblematics alongside more traditional literary forms. As mannerism was being discovered in the 1930s, Mario Praz focused on the emblematic elements of device, epigram, and conceit - stressing the role of wit.

Speaking Pictures
Speaking Pictures

Author: Michael Bath

Publisher: Longman Publishing Group

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13:

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An introduction to the major emblem books of the 16th and 17th centuries, and to the contexts in which they flourished. Five chapters are devoted to critical readings of particular emblem books, and the other four are mainly contextual, and Bath has concentrated on accessible texts.

On the Good Life
On the Good Life

Author: Cicero

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2005-06-30

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 0141920181

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For the great Roman orator and statesman Cicero, 'the good life' was at once a life of contentment and one of moral virtue - and the two were inescapably intertwined. This volume brings together a wide range of his reflections upon the importance of moral integrity in the search for happiness. In essays that are articulate, meditative and inspirational, Cicero presents his views upon the significance of friendship and duty to state and family, and outlines a clear system of practical ethics that is at once simple and universal. These works offer a timeless reflection upon the human condition, and a fascinating insight into the mind of one of the greatest thinkers of Ancient Rome.