Citation, intertextuality and memory in the Middle Ages and Renaissance / edited by Yolanda Plumley, Giuliano Di Bacco and Stefano Jossa.

From the Middle Ages onwards, writers, artists and composers became self-consciously aware of the vast potential for external references to enrich their works. By evoking canonical texts and their producers from the distant or more recent past, authors demonstrated their respect for tradition while...

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