Ekphrastic medieval visions : a new discussion in interarts theory /
Ekphrastic Medieval Visions explores the transformative power of ekphrasis in high and late medieval dream visions and mystical visions, ending with considerations of contemporary poetry to illustrate how medieval ekphrasis can illuminate current studies in poetics. Barbetti demonstrates that mediev...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2011.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
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| Summary: | Ekphrastic Medieval Visions explores the transformative power of ekphrasis in high and late medieval dream visions and mystical visions, ending with considerations of contemporary poetry to illustrate how medieval ekphrasis can illuminate current studies in poetics. Barbetti demonstrates that medieval ekphrases reveal ekphrasis as a process rather than a genre and shows how it works with cultural memory to transform, shift and revise composition. |
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| Physical Description: | 208 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780230109841 (hardback) 0230109845 (hardback) |