The Art of Memory - Frances A. Yates - Books - The University of Chicago Press - 9780226950013 - April 1, 2001
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In this study of how people learned to retain vast stores of knowledge before the invention of the printed page, Frances A. Yates traces the art of memory from Greek orators, through the Middle Ages, to the occult forms it took in the Renaissance, and finally to its use in the 17th century.

440 pages, 20 halftones, 11 line drawings, 1 foldout

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released April 1, 2001
ISBN13 9780226950013
Publishers The University of Chicago Press
Pages 440
Dimensions 158 × 228 × 23 mm   ·   509 g
Language English  

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