The Telling Image: Explorations in the Emblem (AMS Studies in the Emblem) - Hardcover

 
9780404637125: The Telling Image: Explorations in the Emblem (AMS Studies in the Emblem)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0404637124 ISBN 13: 9780404637125
Publisher: AMS Press, 1996

Synopsis

This text examines emblems as visual and verbal imagery, exploring ""applied emblematics"" alongside more traditional literary forms. As mannerism was being discovered in the 1930s, Mario Praz focused on the emblematic elements of device, epigram, and conceit - stressing the role of wit.

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Publisher
AMS Press
Publication date
1996
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0404637124
ISBN 13 
9780404637125
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
286
Editor
Bagley Ayers, Etc., Griffin Edward M., McLean Austin J.