Citation, Intertextuality and Memory in the Middle Ages and Renaissanc

Informationen zum Autor Yolanda Plumley is Director of the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Exeter and Reader in Medieval Music and Culture. Giuliano Di Bacco is Research Fellow in Medieval Studies at the University of Exeter. Stefano Jossa is Lecturer in Italian at Royal Holloway, University of London. Klappentext From the Middle Ages onward, writers, artists, and composers have evoked canonical works from the distant or more recent past, in some cases in order to demonstrate respect for tradition, in others merely to enrich their own productions. But whatever their reasons, they all, explains "Citation, Intertextuality, and Memory in the Middle Ages and Renaissance," manipulated the memory of their readers. The essays in this multidisciplinary volume offer a wide array of scholarship on the role of memory and citation in the cultural production of the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance, examining both renowned and less well-known works from France, England, and Italy. Zusammenfassung From the Middle Ages onwards! writers! artists and composers became self-consciously aware of the vast potential for external references to enrich their works. The essays investigate work by renowned authors! composers and artists! as well as less familiar sources! from France! England and Italy.

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• Authors: Yolanda Plumley
• Assisted by: Giuliano Bacco (Editor), Giuliano Di Bacco (Editor), Giuliano (Center for the History of Music Theory and Literature Di Bacco (Editor), Stefano Jossa (Editor), Stefano (School of Modern Languages Jossa (Editor), Yolanda Plumley (Editor), Yolanda (Department of History Plumley (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Exeter Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2010
• EAN: 9780859898515
• ISBN: 978-0-85989-851-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Exeter Studies in Medieval Europe; Exeter Studies in Medieval Europe; Exeter Studies in Medieval Eur
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology