Published 2013-12-01
“…From this perspective, we will analyze to what extent the author of the preface himself gathers the attributes of an ideal protagonist of this epoch, which are his deontological relations to writing and to the reader to whom he addresses and how – either we speak of self – referentiality of the “lover of labor”, while printing the text, of the invocation of the auctoritas or of the panegyric discourse, re-traceable in the encomiums to aulic or religious authorities – such prefaces remain always centred upon and feature a whole strategy of focusing on certain complex human prototypes (the saint, the hero, the good Christian, praying and merciful, the scholar –
crusader, the zealous, the discerner, the enlightened king, the spiritual founder – prelate, etc.). …”
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