The rhetoric of power in the Bayeux tapestry
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The rhetoric of power in the Bayeux tapestry
（Cambridge studies in new art history and criticism）
Cambridge University Press, 1999
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
The Bayeux Tapestry has long been recognized as one of the most problematical historical documents of the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. More than a reinterpretation of the historical evidence, Suzanne Lewis's study explores the visual and textual strategies that have made the Bayeux Tapestry's narrative such a powerful experience for audiences over the centuries. The Rhetoric of Power focuses on how the Tapestry tells its story and how it shapes the responses of reader-viewers. This involves a detailed analysis of the way the visual narrative draws on diverse literary genres to establish the cultural resonance of the story it tells. The material is organized into self-contained yet cross-referencing episodes that not only portray the events of the Conquest but locate those events within the ideological codes of Norman feudalism. Lewis's analysis conveys how the whole 232-foot tapestry would have operated as a complex cultural 'fiction' comparable to modern cinema.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: medieval audience, performance and display
- 1. The problematics of genre
- 2. Narrative strategies and visible signs
- 3. Narrative structures
- 4. The Norman Conquest and Odo of Bayeux.
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