{"product_id":"logodaedalus-alexander-marr-9780822945413","title":"Logodaedalus: Word Histories of Ingenuity in Early Modern Europe","description":"Before Romantic \u003ci\u003egenius\u003c\/i\u003e, there was\u003ci\u003e ingenuity\u003c\/i\u003e. Early modern ingenuity defined every person--not just exceptional individuals--as having their own attributes and talents, stemming from an \"inborn nature\" that included many qualities, not just intelligence. Through ingenuity and its family of related terms, early moderns sought to understand and appreciate differences between peoples, places, and things in an attempt to classify their ingenuities and assign professions that were best suited to one's abilities. \u003ci\u003eLogodaedalus\u003c\/i\u003e, a prehistory of \u003ci\u003egenius\u003c\/i\u003e, explores the various ways this language of ingenuity was defined, used, and manipulated between 1470 and 1750. By analyzing printed dictionaries and other lexical works across a range of languages--Latin, Italian, Spanish, French, English, German, and Dutch--the authors reveal the ways in which significant words produced meaning in history and found expression in natural philosophy, medicine, natural history, mathematics, mechanics, poetics, and artistic theory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexander Marr, Raphaële Garrod, José Ramón Marcaida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 082294541X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822945413\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2019","brand":"Alexander Marr","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44149205008639,"sku":"9780822945413","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4f0ed6da-2cd2-4927-a918-2c05076cc74a.jpg?v=1688455408","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/logodaedalus-alexander-marr-9780822945413","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}