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Record Nr.

UNINA9910159001203321

Autore

Guastella Gianni

Titolo

Word of mouth : fama and its personifications in art and literature from Ancient Rome to the Middle Ages / / Gianni Guastella [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2017

ISBN

0-19-109032-8

0-19-179202-0

0-19-103629-3

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Disciplina

709.02

Soggetti

Art, Medieval

Literature, Medieval - History and criticism

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

This edition previously issued in print: 2017.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

'Word of Mouth' offers an interdisciplinary exploration of the evolving personifications of the ancient concept of fama in ancient and medieval literature and in European figurative art between the end of the fourteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth centuries.