 | Glamorous Sorcery: Magic and Literacy in the High Middle Ages Subjects: Latin prose literature Medieval and modern -- England -- History and criticism; Literature and history -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500; Benoît de Sainte-Maure 12th cent -- Criticism and interpretation; Great Britain -- History -- To 1485 -- Hist; Through the analysis of magic as a metaphor for the mysterious workings of writing, Glamorous Sorcery sheds light on the power attributed to language in shaping perceptions of the world and conferring status. |
