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Marie De France and the Poetics of Memory
Logan E. Whalen
Marie De France and the Poetics of Memory
Logan E. Whalen
Presents the rhetorical use of description and memory in the works of Marie de France, the first woman to compose literary texts in French. This book discusses Marie's literary plan in light of classical rhetoric and the art of inventio, or literary topical invention, that developed in the Middle Ages.
224 pages
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | 2008 |
ISBN13 | 9780813215099 |
Publishers | The Catholic University of America Press |
Pages | 224 |
Dimensions | 140 × 216 × 21 mm · 430 g |
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