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In Western medieval and Renaissance literature, a short narrative text that contains a moral. Examples include works by the French essayist Montaigne, the philosopher Pascal, and the Italian political theorist Machiavelli.
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Together, this edition's paratexts draw attention to Bouchet's unusual compositional techniques: rather than draw on his own previous works for examples, which would provide thematic continuity, Bouchet turned to new sources, such as Foresti, a process that often created contradictory versions of one exemplum.
Le Jugement poetic de l'honneur femenin by Tarte, Kendall / Renaissance Quarterly
4) Banos Vallejo establece una aproximacion entre la hagiografia y el exemplum en torno a "una finalidad didactica" (70).
Las colecciones de exempla como precursoras de los dialogos ... by Bollo-Panadero, Maria Dolores / Romance Notes
After reading this concise examination of Bonhoeffer's life as moral exemplum, it is quite possible the reader will feel the same way.
Bonhoeffer as Martyr: Social Responsibility and Modern Christian ... by Cross Currents
 
 
 
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