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The Power of Women : A "Topos" in Medieval Art and Literature / Susan L. Smith.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©1995Edition: Reprint 2016Description: 1 online resource (356 p.) : 49 illusContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780812232790
  • 9781512809404
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 704.9/424/0940902 20
LOC classification:
  • N7630
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: The Power of Women and the Rhetoric of Example -- 2. “Thise Olde Ensamples Ought I-Nowgh Suffice” -- 3. Tales of the Mounted Aristotle -- 4. “Body It Forth”: The Mounted Aristotle as Visual Example -- 5. The Power of Women Topos in Fourteenth-Century Visual Art -- 6. Conclusion: The Topos in the Fifteenth Century and Beyond -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- Backmatter
Summary: Susan Smith's comprehensive study of the Power of Women topos in written texts and in art emphasizes the critical phase of its development from the late twelfth to the end of the fourteenth century. During this period, she argues, traditional employment of the topos exclusively to condemn women and justify male authority underwent a dramatic shift.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: The Power of Women and the Rhetoric of Example -- 2. “Thise Olde Ensamples Ought I-Nowgh Suffice” -- 3. Tales of the Mounted Aristotle -- 4. “Body It Forth”: The Mounted Aristotle as Visual Example -- 5. The Power of Women Topos in Fourteenth-Century Visual Art -- 6. Conclusion: The Topos in the Fifteenth Century and Beyond -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- Backmatter

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Susan Smith's comprehensive study of the Power of Women topos in written texts and in art emphasizes the critical phase of its development from the late twelfth to the end of the fourteenth century. During this period, she argues, traditional employment of the topos exclusively to condemn women and justify male authority underwent a dramatic shift.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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