Doubt and skepticism in antiquity and the Renaissance / Michelle Zerba.

Author/creator Zerba, Michelle, 1953-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Descriptionx, 260 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents "Farewell the tranquil mind": tragic doubt in Homer's Iliad, Sophocles' Philoctetes, and Shakespeare's Othello -- Comic skepticism and polytropic strategies in Homer's Odyssey, Aristophanes' Women of the Thesmophoria, and Shakespeare's As you like it -- Skepticism, politics, and rhetoric in the works of Cicero, Machiavelli, and Montaigne.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2012009157
ISBN9781107024656 (hardback)
ISBN110702465X (hardback)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks BD215 .Z47 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold