Abstract
This chapter examines the concept of improvisation and inspiration in relation to the cornucopian text problems of writing during the French Renaissance period. It suggests that Desiderius Erasmus' allusion to Proteus as a figure for copius discourse leads directly to the theme of extempore fluency and this makes evident the extent to which copia is a term that eludes the constraints of precept. It suggests that the notions of improvisation and inspiration mirror one another in French poetics.
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