The Invention of the Eyewitness: Witnessing and Testimony in Early Modern France - Paperback

The Invention of the Eyewitness: Witnessing and Testimony in Early Modern France - Paperback

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by Andrea Frisch (Author)

In an examination of eyewitness travel writing in thirteenth- through sixteenth-century France, Andrea Frisch studies the figure of the witness at a historical juncture and in a cultural context in which that figure is generally thought to have begun to assume a recognizably modern form and function. Whereas most accounts of early modern travel literature tend to read modern presuppositions about witnessing and testimony back into the material, Frisch approaches the early modern witness in terms of the cultural legacy of the Middle Ages. Through primary readings in law and theology, Frisch documents the tension between the ethical witness (the characteristic witness of premodernity) and the epistemic witness (the modern witness) and explores the impact of that tension on the figure of the witness in pre- and early modern French-language travel literature.

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Andrea Frisch is assistant professor of French and Italian at the University of Southern California.

Number of Pages: 198
Dimensions: 0.59 x 9.18 x 6 IN
Publication Date: April 14, 2004
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by Andrea Frisch (Author)

In an examination of eyewitness travel writing in thirteenth- through sixteenth-century France, Andrea Frisch studies the figure of the witness at a historical juncture and in a cultural context in which that figure is generally thought to have begun to assume a recognizably modern form and function. Whereas most accounts of early modern travel literature tend to read modern presuppositions about witnessing and testimony back into the material, Frisch approaches the early modern witness in terms of the cultural legacy of the Middle Ages. Through primary readings in law and theology, Frisch documents the tension between the ethical witness (the characteristic witness of premodernity) and the epistemic witness (the modern witness) and explores the impact of that tension on the figure of the witness in pre- and early modern French-language travel literature.

Author Biography

Andrea Frisch is assistant professor of French and Italian at the University of Southern California.

Number of Pages: 198
Dimensions: 0.59 x 9.18 x 6 IN
Publication Date: April 14, 2004

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