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Book Synopsis
Examines how speech, visual images, and written texts all interact as manifestations of the human desire to know and remember. This book seeks to address the reductive opposition both between written and oral texts and between script and print in the Early Modern period.

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"A fascinating romp through the cultural landscape of early modern Spain. Even specialists in the field will find tidbits of ideas and texts that will surprise and delight them." * Journal of Modern History *
"An ambitious exposition of the topic of memory and the transmission of knowledge in early modern Spain." * Comitatus *

Table of Contents

Foreword, by Roger Chartier
1. Hearing, Seeing, Reading, and Writing: The Forms and Uses of Words, Images, and Writing
2. The Persuasion of the Word: A Voice; The Wonder of Images: A Portrait; The Power of Writing: A Talisman
3. Natural History of the Written Text: Authors, Scribes, Printers, Booksellers, and Readers
4. Classrooms, Libraries, and Archives as the Culmination of Human Memory
Notes
Bibliography
Index of Names
Acknowledgments

Communication Knowledge and Memory in Early

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      Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
      Publication Date: 14/06/2004
      ISBN13: 9780812238051, 978-0812238051
      ISBN10: 0812238052
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      European history: Renaissance

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Examines how speech, visual images, and written texts all interact as manifestations of the human desire to know and remember. This book seeks to address the reductive opposition both between written and oral texts and between script and print in the Early Modern period.

      Trade Review
      "A fascinating romp through the cultural landscape of early modern Spain. Even specialists in the field will find tidbits of ideas and texts that will surprise and delight them." * Journal of Modern History *
      "An ambitious exposition of the topic of memory and the transmission of knowledge in early modern Spain." * Comitatus *

      Table of Contents

      Foreword, by Roger Chartier
      1. Hearing, Seeing, Reading, and Writing: The Forms and Uses of Words, Images, and Writing
      2. The Persuasion of the Word: A Voice; The Wonder of Images: A Portrait; The Power of Writing: A Talisman
      3. Natural History of the Written Text: Authors, Scribes, Printers, Booksellers, and Readers
      4. Classrooms, Libraries, and Archives as the Culmination of Human Memory
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index of Names
      Acknowledgments

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