Ekphrastic Medieval Visions: A New Discussion in Interarts Theory

by Claire Barbetti

Book Overview

An Introduction to the Field of Ekphrasis PART I The Ekphrastic Medieval Dream Vision Poethics and the Ekphrastic Body in Pearl Ekphrasis and the Polytemporal in Piers Plowman PART II The Ekphrastic Mystical Vision Text and the Rhetoric of Memoria Secret Designs/Public Shapes: The Space of Memory in the Ekphrasis of Hildegard's Scivias Inhuman Ekphrasis: The Forty(plus)-Year Ekphrasis of Julian of Norwich The Gift of Medieval Ekphrasis: Contemporary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349292354
• ISBN13: 9781349292356
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"