The visual object of desire in late medieval England

Introduction: Premodern fetishes -- Fetish, idol, icon. Knighton's Lollards, Capgrave's Katherine, and Walter Hilton's "Merk ymage" -- The despenser retable and 1381 -- Chaucer's sacramental poetic. Chaucer and images -- Translating Griselda -- The Clergeon's tongu...

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Main Author: Stanbury, Sarah (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Philadelphia, Pa. University of Pennsylvania Press 2008
In:Year: 2008
Reviews:[Rezension von: Stanbury, Sarah, The Visual Object of Desire in Late Medieval England] (2009) (Olson, Mary C.)
The Visual Object of Desire in Late Medieval England by Sarah Stanbury (review) (2010) (Potkay, Monica Brzezinski)
Series/Journal:The Middle Ages series
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B England / Art / Literature / Visual perception (Motif) / Eroticism (Motif) / Desire (Motif) / History 1300-1500
Further subjects:B Art and literature (England) History To 1500
B English literature Middle English, 1100-1500 History and criticism
B Iconoclasm (England) History To 1500
B Christian art and symbolism in literature
B Civilization, Medieval, in literature
B Iconoclasm in literature
B Idols and images in literature
B Christian art and symbolism (England) Medieval, 500-1500
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Summary:Introduction: Premodern fetishes -- Fetish, idol, icon. Knighton's Lollards, Capgrave's Katherine, and Walter Hilton's "Merk ymage" -- The despenser retable and 1381 -- Chaucer's sacramental poetic. Chaucer and images -- Translating Griselda -- The Clergeon's tongue -- Moving pictures. Nicholas Love's Mirror: dead images and the life of Christ -- Arts of self-patronage in The book of Margaret Kempe
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (S. [259] - 278) and index
ISBN:0812240383

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