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The Book of Memory: A Study of Memory in Medieval Culture
Mary Carruthers
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Description for The Book of Memory: A Study of Memory in Medieval Culture
Paperback. A fully revised and updated edition of this influential work of scholarship. Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature. Num Pages: 540 pages, 30 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; AB; DSBB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 766. A Study of Memory in Medieval Culture. Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature. 538 pages, 30 b/w illus. A fully revised and updated edition of this influential work of scholarship. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; AB; DSBB; GTB. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 27. Weight: 870.
Mary Carruthers's classic study of the training and uses of memory for a variety of purposes 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. While responding to new directions in research inspired by the original, this new edition devotes much more attention to the role of trained memory in composition, whether of literature, music, architecture, or manuscript books. The new edition will reignite the debate on memory in medieval studies and, like the first, will ... Read more
Mary Carruthers's classic study of the training and uses of memory for a variety of purposes 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. While responding to new directions in research inspired by the original, this new edition devotes much more attention to the role of trained memory in composition, whether of literature, music, architecture, or manuscript books. The new edition will reignite the debate on memory in medieval studies and, like the first, will ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
534
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature
Number of Pages
540
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521716314
SKU
V9780521716314
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About Mary Carruthers
Mary Carruthers is the author of The Craft of Thought (Cambridge University Press, 1998) and The Medieval Craft of Memory (2002) as well as of The Book of Memory (1990 and 2008). She divides her time between New York City and Oxford, where she holds the positions of Remarque Professor of Literature at New York University and Fellow of ... Read more
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