This book presents Early Modern short literary genres—adages, aphorisms, emblems, epigrams, maxims, and proverbs—as they circulated across diverse materials such as metal, paper, stone, wood, and many more. By challenging a book-centric approach to traditional literary studies, this work applies theories and methods from sociology, media archaeology, and comparative literature to reveal how these mobile, material genres shaped knowledge transmission and cultural exchange.
By tracing the shifting materials, locations, and meanings of short genres in sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century Europe, this book uncovers the overlooked significance of short genres in literary and intellectual history. It highlights the importance of media-specific analysis to encourage the addition of short genres to university curricula.
This book will be essential reading for scholars of literary studies, comparative literature, media theory, and cultural history, demonstrating the continued relevance and transformation of short genres from the Renaissance to the digital age.
Essays by clinicians, parents, and de-transitioners demonstrate how ‘transgender children’ are invented in medical, social, and political contexts. The authors reveal the harms of transgender ideology and show how adults can intervene to protect young people.
