Glamorous Sorcery : Magic and Literacy in the High Middle Ages /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rollo, David
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2000.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Benoît, > de Sainte-More, > active 12th century.
Benoît, > de Sainte-More, > 12e s > Critique et interpretation.
Benoît, > de Sainte-More, > active 12th century > Criticism and interpretation.
Magic in literature.
Literature and history.
Literacy.
Latin prose literature, Medieval and modern.
Intellectual life.
Historiography.
Anglo-Norman literature.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Latin.
Magie dans la litterature.
Litterature anglo-normande > Histoire et critique.
Litterature et histoire > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1500.
Prose latine medievale et moderne > Angleterre > Histoire et critique.
Literacy > England > History > To 1500.
Anglo-Norman literature > History and criticism.
Literature and history > Great Britain > History > To 1500.
Latin prose literature, Medieval and modern > England > History and criticism.
Great Britain.
England.
Angleterre > Vie intellectuelle > 1066-1485.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1485 > Historiographie.
England > Intellectual life > 1066-1485.
Great Britain > History > To 1485 > Historiography.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Computer network resources.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (264 pages).
ISBN:9780816691418

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