This volume makes a powerful argument for epitome (combining
textual dismemberment and re-composition) as a broad hermeneutic
field encompassing multifarious historical, conceptual and
aesthetical concerns. The contributors gather from across the globe
to present case studies of the 'summing up' of cultural artefacts,
literary and artistic, in epitomic writing, and as a collective
they demonstrate the importance of this genre that has been largely
overlooked by scholars. The volume is divided into five sections:
the first showcases the broad range of fields from which epitomic
analysis can be made, from classics to postmodernism to cultural
memory studies; the second focuses in on epitome as dismemberment
in writing from late antiquity to the modern day; the third
considers a 'productive negativity' of epitomic writings and how
they are useful tools for investigating the very borders and
paradoxes of language; the fourth brings this to bear on
materiality; the fifth considers re-composition as a counterpart to
dismemberment and problematises it. Across the volume, examples are
taken from important late antique writers such as Ausonius, Clement
of Alexandria, Macrobius, Nepos, Nonius Marcellus and Symphosius,
and from modern authors such as Antonin Artaud, Barthes, Nabokov
and Pascal Quignard. Epitomic writings about art from decorated
tabulae to sarcophagi are also included, as are epitomic images
themselves in the form of manuscript illustrations that sum up
their text.
General
Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Academic
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
sera tela: Studies in Late Antique Literature and Its Reception |
Release date: |
April 2024 |
Editors: |
Paolo Felice Sacchi
• Marco Formisano
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Pages: |
320 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-350-28197-4 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-350-28197-2 |
Barcode: |
9781350281974 |
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