{"product_id":"the-medieval-imagination-paperback","title":"The Medieval Imagination - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJacques Le Goff\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo write this history of the imagination, Le Goff has recreated the mental structures of medieval men and women by analyzing the images of man as microcosm and the Church as mystical body; the symbols of power such as flags and oriflammes; and the contradictory world of dreams, marvels, devils, and wild forests. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Le Goff is one of the most distinguished of the French medieval historians of his generation . . . he has exercised immense influence.\"-Maurice Keen, \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The whole book turns on a fascinating blend of the brutally materialistic and the generously imaginative.\"-Tom Shippey, \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The richness, imaginativeness and sheer learning of Le Goff's work . . . demand to be experienced.\"-M. T. Clanchy, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe collection begins with an essay on 'the marvelous.' Le Goff highlights subtle changes in medieval attitudes and sensibilities by contrasting the marvelous (representing a 'secularization' of the supernatural after the thirteenth century) with the miraculous (depending solely on God's saving grace) and the magical (governed by Satan's destructive activity).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 302\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.01 x 6.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 15, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47454491803826,"sku":"9780226470856","price":61.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/147aa6152b746b8d3e80c3f15f9125b8_48fdc707-2054-47e7-aaef-011fb785d618.webp?v=1778852410","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-medieval-imagination-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}