THE ART OF MEMORY

Yates, Frances A.

ISBN 10: 0710023383 / ISBN 13: 9780710023384

Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, United Kingdom, 1972

About this Item

This unique book traces the art of memory from Greek orators, through the Middle Ages, to the occult forms it took in the Renaissance, and finally to its use in the 17th century. An invaluable contribution to aesthetics and psychology, the history of philosophy, science and of literature. Reprinted. Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, London 1972. illus xvi + 400pp hb dw pages slightly discoloured along top edge, pict white dw, gilt blue cloth, near fine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE ART OF MEMORY
• Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, United Kingdom
• Publication Date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0710023383
• ISBN 13: 9780710023384
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 0.85 kilograms
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Synopsis

Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Jacket is marked and suffed. Edges are creased and nicked. Page block is lightly blemished. Boards are clean, binding is sound and pages are clear. LW

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The Art of Memory is the classic study of how people learned to retain vast stores of knowledge before the invention of the printed page. In it, Frances A. Yates traces the art of memory from its treatment by Greek orators, through its Gothic transformations in the Middle Ages, to the occult forms it took in the Renaissance, and finally to its use in the seventeenth century. This book, the first to relate the art of memory to the history of culture as a whole, was revolutionary when it first appeared and continues to mesmerize readers with its lucid and revelatory insights.