'Hac ex consilio meo via progredieris': Courtly Reading and Secretarial Mediation in Donne's The Courtier's Library

John Donne's The Courtier's Library (ca. 1603–11) is a catalogue of imaginary books that derives its inspiration from Rabelais's satirical description of the Library of St. Victor. Donne's depiction of courtly knowledge parodies the humanist work that secretaries performed for th...

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Published inRenaissance quarterly Vol. 61; no. 3; pp. 833 - 866
Main Author Brown, Piers
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge Renaissance Society of America 2008
The Renaissance Society of America
Cambridge University Press
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