Rhetoric Beyond Words - Delight and Persuasion in the Arts of the Middle Ages

This book analyses collaborative activities across the visual arts to show the power of non-verbal rhetoric in the Middle Ages.

Sommario

Editor's introduction Mary Carruthers; 1. 'Working by words alone': the architect, scholasticism and rhetoric in thirteenth-century France Paul Binski; 2. Grammar and rhetoric in Late Medieval polyphony: modern metaphor or old simile? Margaret Bent; 3. Nature's forge and mechanical production: writing, reading, and performing song Elizabeth Eva Leach; 4. Rhetorical strategies in the pictorial imagery of fourteenth century manuscripts: the case of the Bohun Psalters Lucy Freeman Sandler; 5. Do actions speak louder than words? The scope and role of pronuntiatio in the Latin rhetorical tradition, with special reference to the Cistercians Jan M. Ziolkowski; 6. Vultus Adest (the face helps): performance, expressivity, and interiority Monika Otter; 7. Special delivery: were medieval letter writers trained in performance? Martin Camargo; 8. The concept of ductus, or, journeying through a work of art Mary Carruthers; 9. Ductus and memoria: Chartres Cathedral and the workings of rhetoric Paul Crossley; 10. Ductus figuratus et subtilis: rhetorical interventions for women in two twelfth-century liturgies William T. Flynn; 11. Terribilis est locus iste: the Pantheon in 609 Susan Rankin.

Info autore

Mary Carruthers is Remarque Professor of Literature, New York University, and a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.

Riassunto

In this book, eleven essays by leading scholars of music, liturgy, literature, manuscript production and architecture analyse how the medieval arts invited collaborative performances designed to persuade. Using concepts derived from rhetoric to analyse specific examples, the essays show the immense power of those forms of rhetoric which are 'beyond words'.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Mary Carruthers, Mary (Professor and Fellow Carruthers
• Con la collaborazione di: Mary Carruthers (Editore), Mary (Professor and Fellow Carruthers (Editore), Carruthers Mary (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 05.12.2013
• EAN: 9781107647770
• ISBN: 978-1-107-64777-0
• Pagine: 332
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature; Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; The arts: general issues, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, History of Art, History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Medieval style, The arts: general topics, ART / History / European / Medieval