The Gallery of Memory Literary and Iconographic Models in the Age of the Printing Press |
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| Author:
| Bolzoni, Lina |
| Translator:
| Parzen, Jeremy |
| Series title: | Toronto Italian Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4875-2495-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2020 |
| Publisher: | University of Toronto Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $89.99 |
Book Description:
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This book takes as its starting point a striking paradox: that the antique tradition of the art of memory -- created by an oral culture -- reached its moment of greatest diffusion during an age that saw the birth of the printed book.
This book takes as its starting point a striking paradox: that the antique tradition of the art of memory -- created by an oral culture -- reached its moment of greatest diffusion during an age that saw the birth of the printed book.