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"In The World Upside-Down in 16th Century French Literature and Visual Culture Vincent Robert-Nicoud offers an interdisciplinary account of the topos of the world upside-down in early modern France. To call something 'topsy-turvy' in the sixteenth century is to label it as abnormal. The topos of the world upside-down evokes a world in which everything is inside-out and out of bounds: fish live in trees, children rule over their parents, and rivers flow back to their source. The world upside-down proves to be key in understanding how the social, political, and religious turmoil of sixteenth-century France was represented and conceptualised, and allows us to explore the dark side of the Renaissance by unpacking one of its most prevalent metaphors"-- Read more...

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Author

Robert-Nicoud, Vincent Corentin

Publisher

Brill (((delimiter))) Rodopi

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9789004381834

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Literary Criticism, Literary Fiction