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The Concept of Imago Agens in "Celestina": Text and Image
- Author(s):
- Amaranta Saguar García (see profile)
- Date:
- 2015
- Subject(s):
- Romance-language literature
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Celestina, Reception, Romance literature
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6JH08
- Abstract:
- This article explores the potential links between "Celestina" and the late medieval reinterpretation of the classical mnemotechnic concept of "imago agens". On the one hand, it analyses the woodcuts corresponding to the deaths of the main characters and compares them with some examples of late medieval religious im-agery that exemplify the technique of the "imago agens". On the other, it connects the macabre descriptions of these deaths to the exemplary moral function that "imagines agentes" developed during the late Middle Ages. Finally, after examining the importance of violence in such textual and visual depictions of death, it concludes that it must have had been intended with a moralising function in mind.
- Notes:
- Also available on-line at: http://parnaseo.uv.es/Celestinesca/Celestinesca39/07_Saguar_Amaranta.pdf
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Journal article Show details
- Pub. Date:
- 2015
- Journal:
- Celestinesca
- Volume:
- 39
- Page Range:
- 247 - 274
- ISSN:
- 0147-3085
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 7 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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