In medieval society, gestures and speaking looks played an even more important part in public and private exchanges than they do today. Gestures meant more than words, for example, in ceremonies of homage and fealty. In this, the first study of its kind in English, John Burrow examines the role of n...

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1. Verfasser:	Burrow, J. A. (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2002
Schriftenreihe:	Cambridge studies in medieval literature 48
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 500-1500 Geschichte Literature, Medieval / History and criticism Narration (Rhetoric) / History / To 1500 Nonverbal communication in literature Blick > Motiv Geste > Motiv Kunst Mittelenglisch Gebärde > Motiv Literatur Europa
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Zusammenfassung:	In medieval society, gestures and speaking looks played an even more important part in public and private exchanges than they do today. Gestures meant more than words, for example, in ceremonies of homage and fealty. In this, the first study of its kind in English, John Burrow examines the role of non-verbal communication in a wide range of narrative texts, including Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, the anonymous Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Malory's Morte D'arthur, the romances of Chrétien de Troyes, the Prose Lancelot, Boccaccio's Il Filostrato, and Dante's Commedia. Burrow argues that since non-verbal signs are in general less subject to change than words, many of the behaviours recorded in these texts, such as pointing and amorous gazing, are familiar in themselves; yet many prove easy to misread, either because they are no longer common, like bowing, or because their use has changed, like winking
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (xi, 200 pages)
ISBN:	9780511483240
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9780511483240