{"product_id":"the-mutable-glass-mirror-imagery-in-titles-and-texts-of-the-middle-ages-and-english-renaissance-paperback-9780521129923","title":"The Mutable Glass; Mirror-imagery in titles and texts of the Middle Ages and English Renaissance (Paperback) 9780521129923","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Mutable Glass\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMirror-imagery in titles and texts of the Middle Ages and English Renaissance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA comprehensive survey of mirror-imagery in English literature from the thirteenth to the end of the seventeenth century.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHerbert Grabes (Author), Gordon Collier (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521129923, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 4 February 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e432 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.4 x 17 x 2.2 cm, 0.69 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 1982 book was the first major and comprehensive survey of mirror-imagery to be found in medieval book-titles and English literature from the thirteenth to the end of the seventeenth century. Working within the tradition of the historical study of metaphor as developed by E. R. Curtius, Professor Grabes not only traces the shifting historical usages of the mirror (as the metaphor's 'vehicle') but also studies the metaphor's structural function in individual works. At the same time, the author addresses himself to the aesthetic problem of originality in literature, and, by investigating the function of a metaphor central to literature over a long period of time, he reveals the interplay between cultural history, the changing attitude towards life and the world, and literary imagination. It represents a substantial contribution to the history of ideas and to the study of iconography, which, by providing a systematic and historical contextualisation of the many varied metaphorical senses of the mirror, will be of particular value to art and literary historians, and cultural philosophers.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Mirror as Title-Metaphor: 2. History of the mirror-title in England\u003cbr\u003e 3. A typology of works bearing mirror-titles\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Mirror-Conventions in Literature and Art: 4. The multiplicity of mirrors\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Originality: general conclusions: 9. The concept of originality\u003cbr\u003e 10. The historical dimension of metaphor, aesthetics and ideas: the age of the mirror\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Indexical bibliography of primary references\u003cbr\u003e General bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004615479576,"sku":"9780521129923","price":39.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521129923i_760e227d-67ad-4956-a847-a61b1bd187b9.jpg?v=1691372055","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-mutable-glass-mirror-imagery-in-titles-and-texts-of-the-middle-ages-and-english-renaissance-paperback-9780521129923","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}