The Rhetoric of Power in the Bayeux Tapestry Paperback / softback
by Suzanne (Stanford University, California) Lewis
Part of the Cambridge Studies in New Art History and Criticism series
Paperback / softback
Description
The Bayeux Tapestry has long been recognized as one of the most problematical historical documents of the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.
More than a reinterpretation of the historical evidence, Suzanne Lewis's study explores the visual and textual strategies that have made the Bayeux Tapestry's narrative such a powerful experience for audiences over the centuries.
The Rhetoric of Power focuses on how the Tapestry tells its story and how it shapes the responses of reader-viewers.
This involves a detailed analysis of the way the visual narrative draws on diverse literary genres to establish the cultural resonance of the story it tells.
The material is organized into self-contained yet cross-referencing episodes that not only portray the events of the Conquest but locate those events within the ideological codes of Norman feudalism.
Lewis's analysis conveys how the whole 232-foot tapestry would have operated as a complex cultural 'fiction' comparable to modern cinema.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:186 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:15/09/2011
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- ISBN:9781107403352
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:186 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:15/09/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9781107403352