The charm of a list : from the Sumerians to computerised data processing / edited by Lucie Dolezalova.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Doležalová, Lucie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lists--Congresses.

Lists.

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009.

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Lists, one of the most archaic literary genres, stand behind many of our complex mental or rhetorical structures and they often influence the way we conceptualize the world (even if we are unaware of it). They seem plain but may conceal a complicated inne

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; TIME IN LISTS AND LISTS IN TIME; A SCIENCE OF LISTS? MEDIEVAL JEWISH PHILOSOPHERS AS LIST-MAKERS; LISTS IN THE SERVICE OF LEGITIMATION IN CENTRAL EUROPEAN SOURCES; CODEX TO CATACOMB; THE CATALOGUES OF THE VIRTUES IN HAGIOGRAPHIC TEXTS; AD HOC LISTS OF BERNARD ITIER (1163-1225), LIBRARIAN OF ST. MARTIAL DE LIMOGES; LISTS OF CAPITAL SINS IN LATE MEDIEVAL HUNGARY; LISTS OF EMOTIONS IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT; ON FIVE VERSIFIED MNEMONIC CATALOGUES OF POPES, EMPERORS, AND POLISH KINGS FROM THE TURN OF THE 15TH AND THE 16TH CENTURIES

TOWARDS A MISSIONARY GEOGRAPHYTHE STORIES INVENTORIES TELL; SLOT MACHINES, GRAPHS, AND RADAR SCREENS; THE TABLE OF CONTEXTS; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Descripción basada en metadatos suministrados por el editor y otras fuentes.

Revised conference papers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-18996-4

9786612189968

1-4438-0425-8

OCLC:

1183834952