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==Origin==

==Origin==

Middle French ''Pamphilet'', a familiar name of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century 12th-century] [[Latin]] amatory [[poem]] or [[comedy]] ''Pamphilus, seu de Amore'' (1373–1424 in a catalogue of [[manuscripts]] in the [[Library]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louvre Louvre]; c1245 in Old French as ''Panfilès'') post-classical Latin ''Pamphilus'', [[personal]] name (ancient [[Greek]] ''Πάμϕιλος'', lit. ‘beloved of all’) + Middle French -et-et suffix1. The extended sense is apparently not attested in Middle French, but does occur in post-classical Latin in British sources: ''panfletus'' (1344), ''paunflettus'' (1388), ''pamfletus'' (?a1400), all in sense ‘short [[treatise]]’.

Middle French ''Pamphilet'', a familiar name of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century 12th-century] [[Latin]] amatory [[poem]] or [[comedy]] ''Pamphilus, seu de Amore'' (1373–1424 in a catalogue of [[manuscripts]] in the [[Library]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louvre Louvre]; c1245 in Old French as ''Panfilès'') post-classical Latin ''Pamphilus'', [[personal]] name (ancient [[Greek]] ''Πάμϕιλος'', lit. ‘beloved of all’) + Middle French -et-et suffix1. The extended sense is apparently not attested in Middle French, but does occur in post-classical Latin in British sources: ''panfletus'' (1344), ''paunflettus'' (1388), ''pamfletus'' (?a1400), all in sense ‘short [[treatise]]’.

The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_tribus_puellis amatory poem] of Pamphilus was extremely [[popular]] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Middle Ages] and was [[translated]] into French and other vernaculars: see W. Blumenthal in Mittellat. Jahrb. (1976) 11 245–311 and the critical edition by F. G. Becker (1972). With the familiar French name ''Pamphilet'' [[compare]] the familiar names of other small works similarly formed with French -et suffix, e.g. Old French ''Chatonez'', ''Chatonnet the Distichs'' of (pseudo-) ''Cato'', ''Isopet'' the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesop%27s_Fables Fables of Aesop].

The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_tribus_puellis amatory poem] of Pamphilus was extremely [[popular]] in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Middle Ages] and was [[translated]] into French and other vernaculars: see W. Blumenthal in Mittellat. Jahrb. (1976) 11 245–311 and the critical edition by F. G. Becker (1972). With the familiar French name ''Pamphilet'' [[compare]] the familiar names of other small works similarly formed with French -et suffix, e.g. Old French ''Chatonez'', ''Chatonnet the Distichs'' of (pseudo-) ''Cato'', ''Isopet'' the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesop%27s_Fables Fables of Aesop].

   

   

The [[poem]] is mentioned as ''Panflet'' in the Middle Dutch ''Floris ende Blancefloer'' of Diederik van Assenede (c1260) I. 333, where it is said of the [[hero]] and heroine ‘Ende mense oec te lesene sette In Juvenale ende in Panflette, Ende in Ovidio de Arte Amandi’ (And they were set also to read In Juvenal and in Panflet, And in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovid Ovid]'s ‘[http://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/Artoflovehome.htm Art of Loving]’). As to its popularity, the [[students]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Paris University of Paris] were rebuked because they preferred this erotic production to more edifying [[reading]]. The poem was also well known in England and is mentioned or alluded to in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaucer Chaucer], Gower, and Skelton: see P. Bawcutt in Medium Ævum (1995) 64 264–72.

The [[poem]] is mentioned as ''Panflet'' in the Middle Dutch ''Floris ende Blancefloer'' of Diederik van Assenede (c1260) I. 333, where it is said of the [[hero]] and heroine ‘Ende mense oec te lesene sette In Juvenale ende in Panflette, Ende in Ovidio de Arte Amandi’ (And they were set also to read In Juvenal and in Panflet, And in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovid Ovid]'s ‘[https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/Artoflovehome.htm Art of Loving]’). As to its popularity, the [[students]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Paris University of Paris] were rebuked because they preferred this erotic production to more edifying [[reading]]. The poem was also well known in England and is mentioned or alluded to in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaucer Chaucer], Gower, and Skelton: see P. Bawcutt in Medium Ævum (1995) 64 264–72.

   

   

The [[English]] word was reborrowed by French (1705; earlier from 1653 in quotations of English [[texts]], see ''Trésor de la langue française'' s.v. pamphlet) and subsequently passed into many other European [[languages]]; [[compare]] e.g. German ''Pamphlet'' (18th cent.), Italian ''pamphlet'' (a1764), Swedish ''pamflett'' (1775), Dutch ''pamflet'' (1790).

The [[English]] word was reborrowed by French (1705; earlier from 1653 in quotations of English [[texts]], see ''Trésor de la langue française'' s.v. pamphlet) and subsequently passed into many other European [[languages]]; [[compare]] e.g. German ''Pamphlet'' (18th cent.), Italian ''pamphlet'' (a1764), Swedish ''pamflett'' (1775), Dutch ''pamflet'' (1790).

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1: an unbound printed publication with no cover or with a [[paper]] cover

*1: an unbound printed publication with no cover or with a [[paper]] cover

Due to their ephemeral [[nature]] and to wide array of [[political]] or [[religious]] [[perspectives]] given [[voice]] by the format's ease of production, pamphlets are prized by many [[book]] collectors. Substantial accumulations have been amassed and transferred to ownership of [[academic]] [[research]] [[libraries]] around the world.

Due to their ephemeral [[nature]] and to wide array of [[political]] or [[religious]] [[perspectives]] given [[voice]] by the format's ease of production, pamphlets are prized by many [[book]] collectors. Substantial accumulations have been amassed and transferred to ownership of [[academic]] [[research]] [[libraries]] around the world.

Particularly comprehensive collections of American [[political]] pamphlets are housed at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Public_Library New York Public Library], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamiment_Library Tamiment Library of New York University], and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Labadie Jo Labadie] collection at the University of Michigan.[5]

Particularly comprehensive collections of American [[political]] pamphlets are housed at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Public_Library New York Public Library], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamiment_Library Tamiment Library of New York University], and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Labadie Jo Labadie] collection at the University of Michigan.[5]

[edit] Commercial Uses

[edit] Commercial Uses

The pamphlet has been widely adopted in [[commerce]], particularly as a format for marketing [[communications]]. There are numerous [[purposes]] for the pamphlets, such as product [[descriptions]] or instructions, corporate [[information]], [[events]] promotions or tourism guides and are used in the same way as leaflets, brochures and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-CARD Z-CARD].

The pamphlet has been widely adopted in [[commerce]], particularly as a format for marketing [[communications]]. There are numerous [[purposes]] for the pamphlets, such as product [[descriptions]] or instructions, corporate [[information]], [[events]] promotions or tourism guides and are used in the same way as leaflets, brochures and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-CARD Z-CARD].

[[Category: General Reference]]

[[Category: General Reference]]