Mediality in the Middle Ages : Abundance and Lack /
Kiening, Christian
Mediality in the Middle Ages : Abundance and Lack / Christian Kiening. - 1 online resource (336 p.) - Medieval Media Cultures .
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Model -- Chapter 3. Presence -- Chapter 4. Word -- Chapter 5. Writing -- Chapter 6. Body -- Chapter 7. Materiality -- Chapter 8. Spacetime -- Chapter 9. Metonymy -- Chapter 10. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index (authors and anonymous works, without biblical books)
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In medieval culture, media forms were placesof mediated immediacy. They transported apresence of the divine, but also knowledge ofits unattainability. This volume investigates the multi-layered and fascinatingapproaches of medieval authors to the wordand writing, the body and materiality, andtheir experimentation with the possibilitiesof media before the concept was invented.The book presents, for the first time, acoherent, tightly argued history of medievalmediality, which also casts a new light onmodern thinking about the medial.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781641890762
10.1515/9781641890762 doi
Art, Medieval--Themes, motives.
Christian art and symbolism.
Civilization, Medieval.
Manuscripts, Medieval.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval.
history of media. mediality. medieval literature. writing.
091
Mediality in the Middle Ages : Abundance and Lack / Christian Kiening. - 1 online resource (336 p.) - Medieval Media Cultures .
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Model -- Chapter 3. Presence -- Chapter 4. Word -- Chapter 5. Writing -- Chapter 6. Body -- Chapter 7. Materiality -- Chapter 8. Spacetime -- Chapter 9. Metonymy -- Chapter 10. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index (authors and anonymous works, without biblical books)
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
In medieval culture, media forms were placesof mediated immediacy. They transported apresence of the divine, but also knowledge ofits unattainability. This volume investigates the multi-layered and fascinatingapproaches of medieval authors to the wordand writing, the body and materiality, andtheir experimentation with the possibilitiesof media before the concept was invented.The book presents, for the first time, acoherent, tightly argued history of medievalmediality, which also casts a new light onmodern thinking about the medial.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781641890762
10.1515/9781641890762 doi
Art, Medieval--Themes, motives.
Christian art and symbolism.
Civilization, Medieval.
Manuscripts, Medieval.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval.
history of media. mediality. medieval literature. writing.
091