The art of memory / Frances Yates.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yates, Frances A. (Frances Amelia), 1899-1981, author.

Series:

Yates, Frances Amelia. 1999 ; Selections. Volume 3.

Selected Works of Frances Yates ; Volume III

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mnemonics--History.

Mnemonics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (445 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Contents:

Cover ; Half-title ; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Illustrations ; Preface; I. The Three Latin Sources for the Classical Art of Memory; II. The Art of Memory in Greece: Memory and the Soul; III. The Art of Memory in the Middle Ages; IV. Mediaeval Memory and the Formation of Imagery; V. The Memory Treatises; VI. Renaissance Memory: The Memory Theatre of Giulio Camillo; VII. Camillo's Theatre and the Venetian Renaissance; VIII. Lullism as an Art of Memory; IX. Giordano Bruno: The Secret of Shadows; X. Ramism as an Art of Memory

XI. Giordano Bruno: The Secret of SealsXII. Conflict between Brunian and Ramist Memory; XIII. Giordano Bruno: Last Works on Memory; XIV. The Art of Memory and Bruno's Italian Dialogues; XV. The Theatre Memory System of Robert Fludd; XVI. Fludd's Memory Theatre and the Globe Theatre; XVII. The Art of Memory and the Growth of Scientific Method; Index

Notes:

First published: London : Routledge and K. Paul, 1966.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-136-35368-2

0-415-60605-5

1-315-01096-8

1-136-35361-5

9781315010960

OCLC:

870590874