Ricardo J. Quinones
The Renaissance Discovery of Time.
Harvard University Press, 1972. Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature, 31. First edition. xvi/549 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 6.5" x 9.5", is bound in red cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book displays very light shelfwear. Binding is firm. Interior is clean and bright. Dust jacket exhibits light shelfwear. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover.
"The men and literature of the Renaissance can be distinguished from those of the Middle Ages by their increasingly pervasive and pressing sense of time. The first expansive study of the subject, "The Renaissance Discovery of Time" explores the ramifications of this theme in the works of seven great writers: Dante, Petrarch, Rabelais, Montaigne, Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton. Combining historical scholarship and critical judgement, Mr. Quinones develops at length each author's views and attitudes while drawing the broader lines of continuity and change that connect them."