
The Telling Image
Explorations in the Emblem
AMS Press
Published on 30. September 1996
Book
Hardback
286 pages
978-0-404-63712-5 (ISBN)
Description
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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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
70 illustrations, index
ISBN-13
978-0-404-63712-5 (9780404637125)
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