Medieval assumptions about the nature of the representation involved in literary and historical narratives were widely different from our own. Writers and readers worked with a complex understanding of the relations between truth and convention, in which accounts of presumed fact could be expanded, embellished, or translated in a variety of accepted ways.
| ISBN-13: | 9780521302111 |
| ISBN-10: | 0521302110 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publication date: | 1991 |
| Edition description: | Illustrated |
| Pages: | 295 |
| Product dimensions: | Height: 9 Inches, Length: 6 Inches, Weight: 1.2566348934 Pounds, Width: 0.81 Inches |
| Author: | Ruth Morse |
| Language: | en |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
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