Anglo-Saxon Gestures and the Roman Stage

by C. R. Dodwell

Overview

This book is concerned with the pictorial language of gesture revealed in Anglo-Saxon art, and its debt to classical Rome. The late Reginald Dodwell, an eminent art historian, notes a striking similarity of both form and meaning between Anglo-Saxon gestures and those in illustrated manuscripts of the plays of Terence, which, he argues, reflect actual Roman stage conventions. The extensively illustrated volume illuminates our understanding of the vigor of late Anglo-Saxon art and its ability to absorb and transpose continental influence.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521661881
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	12/02/1999
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England , #28
Pages:	246
Product dimensions:	6.34(w) x 9.29(h) x 0.79(d)

Table of Contents

List of plates; Foreword Timothy Graham; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. The Vatican Terence and its model; 2. The classical miniatures and the stage; 3. Dramatic gestures in the miniatures; Appendix to chapter 3: the views of Jachmann; 4. Anglo-Saxon gestures; Bibliography; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"this book is of lasting importance for its analysis of the meaning of gestures in Old Comedy." CAA Reviews

"...Dodwell's book is both a richly suggestive source and a model of rigorous argumentation." Early Drama, Art & Music Review

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