This book explores the hidden history of unbelief in the early modern era through the lens of Momus, the Greek god of criticism and mockery. Examining his revival in Italy, France, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, and England, it shows how Momus became a code for religious doubt in an age in which such writings remained dangerous for authors.
This book explores the hidden history of unbelief in the early modern era through the lens of Momus, the Greek god of criticism and mockery. Examining his revival in Italy, France, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, and England, it shows how Momus became a code for religious doubt in an age in which such writings remained dangerous for authors.
George McClure is Professor of History at the University of Alabama, where he has taught since 1986. He is the author of Sorrow and Consolation in Italian Humanism (2016), which won the Marraro Prize of the Society for Italian Historical Studies and The Culture of Profession in Late Renaissance Italy (2004).
Inhaltsangabe
1. The classical tradition 2. Renaissance Antihero: Leon Battista Alberti's Momus, the novel 3. Momus and the reformation 4. The execution of Giordano Bruno 5. Milton's Lucifer 6. God of Modern critics 7. Conclusion: Momus and modernism.
1. The classical tradition 2. Renaissance Antihero: Leon Battista Alberti's Momus, the novel 3. Momus and the reformation 4. The execution of Giordano Bruno 5. Milton's Lucifer 6. God of Modern critics 7. Conclusion: Momus and modernism.
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