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| Author | Frances A. Yates |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Routledge and Kegan Paul |
Publication date | 1966 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (book) |
| Pages | 400 |
| ISBN | 978-0-226-95001-3 |
| OCLC | 42905743 |
| Preceded by | Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition |
The Art of Memory is a1966non-fiction book by British historianFrances A. Yates. The book follows the history ofmnemonic systems from the classical period ofSimonides of Ceos inAncient Greece to theRenaissance era ofGiordano Bruno, ending withGottfried Leibniz and the early emergence of thescientific method in the 17th century.
According to theStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, its publication was "an important stimulus to the flowering of experimental research on imagery and memory."[1]
Modern Library includedThe Art of Memory on its list of 100 best nonfiction books.[2]
According to Bugelski (1977, 1984), an important stimulus to the flowering of experimental research on imagery and memory[23] was the 1966 publication of Frances Yates' celebrated and widely read historical study,The Art of Memory.
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