Miscellany Variety and the Book
Miscellany Variety and the Book
The miscellany is the literary form that is most characterised by variety. This chapter examines the aesthetics of the miscellany, prose and verse, in two different ways. First, it considers the titles, apologias, metaphors and metaliterary moments through which authors of miscellanies and miscellaneous books, ancient and modern, reflect on their form. Then it focuses on Aulus Gellius’ Noctes Atticae in order to develop a critical approach to the interpretation of this work that puts its miscellneousness centre stage.
Keywords: miscellany, Aulus Gellius, Michel de Montaigne, martial, Angelo Poliziano
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