Body, Self and Melancholy - The Self Narratives Life of Nobleman Osvaldo Ercole Trapp 1634 1710

This book addresses early modern concepts of the body and the self - focusing on three self-narratives authored by Osvaldo Ercole Trapp (1634-1710), a body description from head to foot, autobiographical writings, and a brief chronicle of the House of Trapp-Caldonazzo.

List of contents

Part 1: The Self-Narratives of Osvaldo Ercole Trapp 1. The Texts 2. Approaches Part 2: Biography and Family History Part 3: Contexts and Discourses

About the author

Siglinde Clementi is the Vice-Director of the Competence Centre for Regional History at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, where she leads the research area of gender and women's history. She is currently working on a research project regarding the concept of the noble house in early modern economics. She has co-edited, among others, the volume Negotiations of Gender and Property through Legal Regimes (14th-19th century).

Summary

This book addresses early modern concepts of the body and the self – focusing on three self-narratives authored by Osvaldo Ercole Trapp (1634–1710), a body description from head to foot, autobiographical writings, and a brief chronicle of the House of Trapp-Caldonazzo.

Product details

• Authors: Siglinde Clementi
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032440637
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3244063-7
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Routledge Studies in Cultural History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, HISTORY / Historiography, Historiography, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: general, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History and Archaeology