The Medieval Craft of Memory: An Anthology of Texts and Pictures - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Mary Carruthers (Editor), Jan M. Ziolkowski (Editor)Series:Material TextsPublish date:2003-12-17Pages:320
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pennsylvania PressISBN-13:9780812218817ISBN-10:812218817UPC:9780812218817Book Category:History, Self-Help, Health & FitnessBook Subcategory:Europe, Personal Growth, HealingBook Topic:Medieval, Memory ImprovementSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.0604Product ID:SCVEQTGK23
In antiquity and the Middle Ages, memory was a craft, and certain actions and tools were thought to be necessary for its creation and recollection. Until now, however, many of the most important visual and textual sources on the topic have remained untranslated or otherwise difficult to consult. Mary Carruthers and Jan M. Ziolkowski bring together the texts and visual images from the twelfth...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pennsylvania PressISBN-13:9780812218817ISBN-10:812218817UPC:9780812218817Book Category:History, Self-Help, Health & FitnessBook Subcategory:Europe, Personal Growth, HealingBook Topic:Medieval, Memory ImprovementSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.0604Product ID:SCVEQTGK23
Mary Carruthers is Professor Emeritus of English at New York University. She is author of The Book of Memory: A Study of Memory in Medieval Culture and The Craft of Thought: Rhetoric, Meditation, and the Making of Images, 400-1200. Jan M. Ziolkowski is Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Medieval Latin at Harvard University and editor of Obscenity: Social Control and Artistic Creation in the...
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