The Mimetic Tradition of Reform in the West by Karl F. Morrison

The Mimetic Tradition of Reform in the West

Karl F. Morrison

466 pages first pub 1982 (editions)

nonfiction history sociology medium-paced

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Ancient writers distinguished between art and style, arguing that free imitation was a critical strategy that freed artists from servile copying of objects and blind submission to rules of style. In this study Karl F. Morrison explores the far-rea...

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