Glamorous sorcery [[electronic resource] ] : magic and literacy in the High Middle Ages / / David Rollo

• Autore: Rollo David
• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (261 p.)
• Disciplina: 478/.0308
• Soggetto topico: Latin prose literature, Medieval and modern - England - History and criticism; Literature and history - Great Britain - History - To 1500; Anglo-Norman literature - History and criticism; Literacy - England - History - To 1500; Magic in literature
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain History To 1485 Historiography; England Intellectual life 1066-1485
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-223) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction; 1. William of Malmesbury: Magic and Prestige; 2. Geoffrey of Monmouth and John of Salisbury: Themes of Credulity; 3. Benoît de Sainte-Maure: Magic and Vernacular Fiction; 4. William FitzStephen, Richard FitzNigel, Benoît de Sainte-Maure: Bureaucratic Power and Fantasies of Literate Control; 5. Gerald of Wales: Writing for the Crowned Ass of England; Conclusion; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Through the analysis of magic as a metaphor for the mysterious workings of writing, Glamorous Sorcery sheds light on the power attributed to language in shaping perceptions of the world and conferring status.
• Titolo autorizzato: Glamorous sorcery
• ISBN: 0-8166-9141-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451719103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Medieval cultures ; ; v. 25.