The Book of Memory: A Study of Memory in Medieval Culture (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The Book of Memory: A Study of Memory in Medieval Culture (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature) Book

Mary Carruthers's classic study of the training and uses of memory in European cultures during the Middle Ages has fundamentally changed the way scholars understand medieval culture. This fully revised and updated second edition considers afresh all the material and conclusions of the first.Read More

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    The Book of Memory is a magisterial and beautifully illustrated account of the workings and function of memory in medieval society. Memory was the psychological faculty valued above all others in the period stretching from late antiquity through the Renaissance. The prominence given to memory has profound implications for the contemporary understanding of all creative activity, and the social role of literature and art. Drawing on a range of fascinating examples from Dante, Chaucer, and Aquinas to the symbolism of illuminated manuscripts, this unusually wide-ranging book offers new insights into the medieval world.

  • 0521429730
  • 9780521429733
  • Mary J. Carruthers
  • 14 May 1992
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 407
  • New edition
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