Ekphrastic Medieval Visions

Ekphrastic Medieval Visions
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 361
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ISBN-10 : 9780230370531
ISBN-13 : 0230370535
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Book Synopsis Ekphrastic Medieval Visions by : C. Barbetti

Download or read book Ekphrastic Medieval Visions written by C. Barbetti and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-10-27 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the transformative power of ekphrasis in high and late medieval dream visions and mystical visions. 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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