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The Art of Vision: Ekphrasis in Medieval Literature and Culture

By Ethan Knapp, Andrew James Johnston (Editor), Margitta Rouse (Editor)
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By Ethan Knapp, Andrew James Johnston (Editor), Margitta Rouse (Editor)
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One of the most common ways of setting the arts in parallel, at least from the literary side, is through the popular rhetorical device of ekphrasis. The original meaning of this term is simply an extended and detailed, lively description, but it has been used most commonly in reference to painting or sculpture. In this lively collection of essays, Andrew James Johnston, Ethan Knapp, and Margitta Rouse offer a major contribution to the study of text–image relationships in medieval Europe. Re...

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