Paradoxica Epidemica by Rosalie L. Colie
The Renaissance Tradition of Paradox.
Publishing: 1976, Archon Books; Hamden, Connecticut. Reprint of the 1966 Princeton University Press edition
major study of the rhetorical and philosophical use of paradox in Renaissance literature, tracing how writers transformed contradiction into a tool of wit, inquiry, and creative thought.
Condition: Green boards with silver lettering on spine, light foxing to top edge and fore edge of text block, neat pencil of previous owner's name on rear pastedown, otherwise a clean copy in very good condition.