The Resource Figures of memory : from the muses to eighteenth-century British aesthetics, Zsolt Komáromy
Figures of memory : from the muses to eighteenth-century British aesthetics, Zsolt Komáromy
Resource Information
The item Figures of memory : from the muses to eighteenth-century British aesthetics, Zsolt Komáromy represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item Figures of memory : from the muses to eighteenth-century British aesthetics, Zsolt Komáromy represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- This book effects a rapprochement between memory studies and eighteenth-century aesthetics with the aim of modifying received views on the role and fate of memory in the history of criticism. It argues that the philosophical problems characterizing conceptualizations of memory unsettle its opposition to the imagination and explain its relation to literary discourse. Moving from the Muses through Plato and Descartes to works by Pope, Addison, Gerard, and Kames, the book traces these problems through various ''figures'' representing notions of memory, and claims that eighteenth-century critical
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 225 pages)
- Contents
-
- Figures OfMemory ; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Reproductive-Productive Dichotomyand Beyond; PARTONE : On Notions of Memory; 1 Memory/Imagination: The Representational Model; 2 Conceptual Cruxes: Plato and the Aporia of Memory; i. "Ridiculous Birdcages or Waxen Slabs":Figures of Representational Memory; ii. Plato and the Muses: Self-Validating Memory; iii. The Function of Cruxes: Memory Validating theImagination; 3 Mnemonic Practice: The Constructive Model; i. Mnemonic Discourse; ii. Constructive Memory; PART TWO:Figures of Memory in Eighteenth-Century British Aesthetics
- 4 Mixing Tracesi. Descartes and Memory's Fluid Motions; ii. Pope's Melting Wax; 5 Mnemonic Imagination; i. Violent Spirits: Addison's Cartesian Concerns; ii. Analogous Exertions: Gerard and Associationism as aFigure of Memory; Memory and Imagination in the Theory of Association; Memory as the Model of Imagination in Gerard'sEssay on Genius; iii. Using the Legacy of the Muses: Kames and Vivacity as aFigure of Memory; The "Vivacity" of Memory and Imagination; The "Complete Idea of Memory" in Kames's Elementsof Criticism; iv. Conclusion; Works Cited; Index; About the Author
- Isbn
- 9781611480450
- Label
- Figures of memory : from the muses to eighteenth-century British aesthetics
- Title
- Figures of memory
- Title remainder
- from the muses to eighteenth-century British aesthetics
- Statement of responsibility
- Zsolt Komáromy
- Subject
-
- 1700-1799
- Aesthetics, British
- Aesthetics, British -- 18th century
- Criticism
- Criticism -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism | Theory, etc
- English literature -- Theory, etc
- Gedächtnis
- Great Britain
- Großbritannien
- History
- Imagination (Philosophy)
- Imagination (Philosophy)
- Imagination in literature
- Imagination in literature
- Kreativität
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Literaturtheorie
- Memory (Philosophy)
- Memory (Philosophy)
- Memory in literature
- Memory in literature
- Ästhetik
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This book effects a rapprochement between memory studies and eighteenth-century aesthetics with the aim of modifying received views on the role and fate of memory in the history of criticism. It argues that the philosophical problems characterizing conceptualizations of memory unsettle its opposition to the imagination and explain its relation to literary discourse. Moving from the Muses through Plato and Descartes to works by Pope, Addison, Gerard, and Kames, the book traces these problems through various ''figures'' representing notions of memory, and claims that eighteenth-century critical
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Komáromy, Zsolt
- Dewey number
- 820.9/353
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR63
- LC item number
- .K66 2011eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Bucknell University Press
- Series statement
- Transits: literature, thought, & culture
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Criticism
- English literature
- Memory in literature
- Imagination in literature
- Memory (Philosophy)
- Imagination (Philosophy)
- Aesthetics, British
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- Aesthetics, British
- Criticism
- English literature
- Imagination in literature
- Imagination (Philosophy)
- Memory in literature
- Memory (Philosophy)
- Great Britain
- Literaturtheorie
- Kreativität
- Gedächtnis
- Großbritannien
- Label
- Figures of memory : from the muses to eighteenth-century British aesthetics, Zsolt Komáromy
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Figures OfMemory ; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Reproductive-Productive Dichotomyand Beyond; PARTONE : On Notions of Memory; 1 Memory/Imagination: The Representational Model; 2 Conceptual Cruxes: Plato and the Aporia of Memory; i. "Ridiculous Birdcages or Waxen Slabs":Figures of Representational Memory; ii. Plato and the Muses: Self-Validating Memory; iii. The Function of Cruxes: Memory Validating theImagination; 3 Mnemonic Practice: The Constructive Model; i. Mnemonic Discourse; ii. Constructive Memory; PART TWO:Figures of Memory in Eighteenth-Century British Aesthetics
- 4 Mixing Tracesi. Descartes and Memory's Fluid Motions; ii. Pope's Melting Wax; 5 Mnemonic Imagination; i. Violent Spirits: Addison's Cartesian Concerns; ii. Analogous Exertions: Gerard and Associationism as aFigure of Memory; Memory and Imagination in the Theory of Association; Memory as the Model of Imagination in Gerard'sEssay on Genius; iii. Using the Legacy of the Muses: Kames and Vivacity as aFigure of Memory; The "Vivacity" of Memory and Imagination; The "Complete Idea of Memory" in Kames's Elementsof Criticism; iv. Conclusion; Works Cited; Index; About the Author
- Control code
- 887803352
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 225 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781611480450
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)887803352
- Label
- Figures of memory : from the muses to eighteenth-century British aesthetics, Zsolt Komáromy
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Figures OfMemory ; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Reproductive-Productive Dichotomyand Beyond; PARTONE : On Notions of Memory; 1 Memory/Imagination: The Representational Model; 2 Conceptual Cruxes: Plato and the Aporia of Memory; i. "Ridiculous Birdcages or Waxen Slabs":Figures of Representational Memory; ii. Plato and the Muses: Self-Validating Memory; iii. The Function of Cruxes: Memory Validating theImagination; 3 Mnemonic Practice: The Constructive Model; i. Mnemonic Discourse; ii. Constructive Memory; PART TWO:Figures of Memory in Eighteenth-Century British Aesthetics
- 4 Mixing Tracesi. Descartes and Memory's Fluid Motions; ii. Pope's Melting Wax; 5 Mnemonic Imagination; i. Violent Spirits: Addison's Cartesian Concerns; ii. Analogous Exertions: Gerard and Associationism as aFigure of Memory; Memory and Imagination in the Theory of Association; Memory as the Model of Imagination in Gerard'sEssay on Genius; iii. Using the Legacy of the Muses: Kames and Vivacity as aFigure of Memory; The "Vivacity" of Memory and Imagination; The "Complete Idea of Memory" in Kames's Elementsof Criticism; iv. Conclusion; Works Cited; Index; About the Author
- Control code
- 887803352
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 225 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781611480450
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)887803352
Subject
- 1700-1799
- Aesthetics, British
- Aesthetics, British -- 18th century
- Criticism
- Criticism -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism | Theory, etc
- English literature -- Theory, etc
- Gedächtnis
- Great Britain
- Großbritannien
- History
- Imagination (Philosophy)
- Imagination (Philosophy)
- Imagination in literature
- Imagination in literature
- Kreativität
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Literaturtheorie
- Memory (Philosophy)
- Memory (Philosophy)
- Memory in literature
- Memory in literature
- Ästhetik
Genre
Member of
Library Links
Embed
Settings
Select options that apply then copy and paste the RDF/HTML data fragment to include in your application
Embed this data in a secure (HTTPS) page:
Layout options:
Include data citation:
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.umsl.edu/portal/Figures-of-memory--from-the-muses-to/qPJOHouINS0/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.umsl.edu/portal/Figures-of-memory--from-the-muses-to/qPJOHouINS0/">Figures of memory : from the muses to eighteenth-century British aesthetics, Zsolt Komáromy</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.umsl.edu/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.umsl.edu/">University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries</a></span></span></span></span></div>
Note: Adjust the width and height settings defined in the RDF/HTML code fragment to best match your requirements
Preview
Cite Data - Experimental
Data Citation of the Item Figures of memory : from the muses to eighteenth-century British aesthetics, Zsolt Komáromy
Copy and paste the following RDF/HTML data fragment to cite this resource
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.umsl.edu/portal/Figures-of-memory--from-the-muses-to/qPJOHouINS0/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.umsl.edu/portal/Figures-of-memory--from-the-muses-to/qPJOHouINS0/">Figures of memory : from the muses to eighteenth-century British aesthetics, Zsolt Komáromy</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.umsl.edu/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.umsl.edu/">University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries</a></span></span></span></span></div>
