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THE RHETORIC OF POWER IN THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY
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| By: |
Suzanne Lewis, Norman Bryson |
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Hardback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521632382 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521632386 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
28 September, 1998 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Studies in New Art History and Criticism |
| Pages: |
186 |
| Description: |
A study of the narrative structure and meaning of the Bayeux Tapestry. |
| Synopsis: |
The Bayeux Tapestry has long been recognized as one of the most problematical historical documents of the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.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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44 b/w illus. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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