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Enlisting Truth
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- Penn State University Press
- Volume 50, Number 3, 2016
- pp. 261-279
- 10.1353/sty.2016.0017
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This article considers the relationship of lists to other literary forms, especially ekphrasis, in late medieval writing. It argues that the list derives its power through its association with a range of diverse—at times antagonistic—discourses. Its association with different intellectual, ethical, and aesthetic values made the list an exceptionally flexible and powerful rhetorical tool.