Thomae Mori verissima laus: Erasmus's use of topics in his epistolary description of Thomas More

dc.contributor.advisor	Poel, M.G.M. van der
dc.contributor.advisor	Breij, B.M.C.
dc.contributor.author	Linschoten, A.
dc.date.issued	2020-11-13
dc.description.abstract	This thesis seeks to shed a new light on Erasmus’s epistolary portrait of Thomas More (ep. 999). Up until now, letter 999 has primarily been read from a biographical perspective. This thesis, however, examines letter 999 from a rhetorical point of view. It consists of a comparison between Erasmus’s instructions on the use of topics in his Compendium rhetorices and his own use of these topics in letter 999. Based on this comparison, we can say that letter 999 is, in fact, almost entirely written according to Erasmus’s own instructions on topics. Moreover, Erasmus’s use of these topics constructs an idealised image of More, the Christian scholar. This conclusion does not counter the existing view that letter 999 is a sincere and accurate portrayal of More: in the eyes of Erasmus and his readers, descriptive texts like letter 999 can be rhetorical, truthful and sincere at once.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://theses.ubn.ru.nl/handle/123456789/10223
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.thesis.faculty	Faculteit der Letteren	en_US
dc.thesis.specialisation	Literary studies	en_US
dc.thesis.studyprogramme	Researchmasters	en_US
dc.thesis.type	Researchmaster	en_US
dc.title	Thomae Mori verissima laus: Erasmus's use of topics in his epistolary description of Thomas More	en_US

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