{"product_id":"9783031854330","title":"The Art of Orality Cultural Aesthetics in the Absence of Writing","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Art of Orality\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eCultural Aesthetics in the Absence of Writing\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDeclan Lloyd\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eArt \/ History \/ Contemporary\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book considers how the presence or absence of writing can influence a culture’s distinctive styles of visual art, proposing that many of the most profound developments in the art world are directly correlative with a cultural transition from orality to literacy (that is, from a culture which only has a spoken form of language, to one which has both a spoken and written form). The study contemplates how the ‘psychodynamics’ of orality might radically affect artistic expression, resulting in a range of visual traits which in many ways reflect the unique modes of speech within primary oral societies. Looking to the art of a diverse range of cultures and time periods – including Archaic Greek art, medieval art, African tribal art, child art, Outsider art and Modern art – \u003cem\u003eThe Art of Orality\u003c\/em\u003e considers what new insights can be gleaned by bringing these styles into dialogue with orality and literacy studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;\"\u003eDeclan Lloyd has taught across a range of subjects at Lancaster University, UK, including within the art, history and literature departments. Other published works include \u003cem\u003eAuthors and Art Movements of the Twentieth Century: Painterly Poetics\u003c\/em\u003e (2022), \u003cem\u003eDigressions in Deep Time: Ecocritical Approaches to Literature and the Arts\u003c\/em\u003e (2024. Editor, with Warren Mortimer) and \u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eApocalyptic Ecolinguistics: Language, Landscape and Ecoanxiety in an Age of Ecological Crisis\u003c\/em\u003e (2026. Editor, with Emil Tangham Hazelhurst). He has also written for \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Conversation\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20 March 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783031854330\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e237\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51033317015692,"sku":"9783031854330","price":143.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783031854330.jpg?v=1782488738","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783031854330","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}