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Rhetoric Beyond Words
Edited By Mary Carru
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In the Middle Ages, liturgies, books, song, architecture and poetry were performed as collaborative activities in which performers and audience together realized their work anew. In this book, essays by leading scholars analyse how the medieval arts invited and delighted in collaborative performances designed to persuade. The essays cast fresh light on subjects ranging from pilgrim processions within Chartres Cathedral, to polyphonic song, and the 'rhetoric of silence' perfected by the Cistercians. Rhetoric is defined broadly in this book to encompass its relationship to its sister arts of music, architecture, and painting, all of which use materials and media in ... Read more
In the Middle Ages, liturgies, books, song, architecture and poetry were performed as collaborative activities in which performers and audience together realized their work anew. In this book, essays by leading scholars analyse how the medieval arts invited and delighted in collaborative performances designed to persuade. The essays cast fresh light on subjects ranging from pilgrim processions within Chartres Cathedral, to polyphonic song, and the 'rhetoric of silence' perfected by the Cistercians. Rhetoric is defined broadly in this book to encompass its relationship to its sister arts of music, architecture, and painting, all of which use materials and media in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
331
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature
Condition
New
Number of Pages
332
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107647770
SKU
V9781107647770
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About Edited By Mary Carru
Mary Carruthers is Remarque Professor of Literature, New York University, and a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.
Reviews for Rhetoric Beyond Words
'Mary Carruthers and the contributors to this volume have produced an extraordinary collection of essays, rich and complex with thematic intercon- nections andmany avenues for further exploration … readers will find Carruthers' collection a remarkable resource not only for historical and textual studies, but also for insights into medieval culture, worship, and performance through the art of rhetoric.' Elza C. ... Read more