The Craft of Thought: Meditation, Rhetoric, and the Making of Images, 400-1200
(Book #34 in the Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature Series)
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A companion to Mary Carruthers' earlier study of memory in medieval culture, The Book of Memory, this book, The Craft of Thought, examines medieval monastic meditation as a discipline for making thoughts, and discusses its influence on literature, art, and architecture, deriving examples from a variety of late antique and medieval sources, with excursions into modern architectural memorials. The study emphasizes meditation as an act of literary composition...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521795419
ISBN13:9780521795418
Release Date:November 2000
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:456 Pages
Weight:1.55 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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