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



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Autore: Rollo David Visualizza persona
Titolo: Glamorous sorcery [[electronic resource] ] : magic and literacy in the High Middle Ages / / David Rollo Visualizza cluster
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
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8166-9141-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910784104703321
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Serie: Medieval cultures ; ; v. 25.