II Emblematics in Hungarian literary theory

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. I Background, definitions, and objectives 1
5. II Emblematics in Hungarian literary theory 19
6. III Routes of transmission: Jesuit education and emblematics 38
7. IV The typology of emblem books and emblematic prints 52
8. V The English reception of a late humanist emblem book by a Hungarian author: Zsámboky (Sambucus) and Whitney 88
9. VI Mannerist emblematic poetry? The layers of literary tradition in János Rimay’s poem Fortuna/Occasio 111
10. VII Emblematic modes of expression in the school drama 143
11. VIII The emblematic mode and the sermon 168
12. IX Religious prose: Emblematic biographies of Jesuit saints 190
13. X Literary emblematics and the fine arts: Rhetorical conception and iconographie programme of the fresco cycle on the Grand Staircase of the Jesuit College at Győr 215
14. Conclusion 244
15. Abbreviations 251
16. List of emblem books and emblematic prints with Hungarian connections 253
17. Tables 269
18. List of figures 285
19. Figures 288
20. Bibliography 289
21. Index 315