Anchoritism in the Middle Ages: Texts and Traditions - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0708326013 ISBN 13: 9780708326015

Casa editrice: Univ of Wales Pr, 2013

Riassunto

Anchoritism in the Middle Ages approaches medieval anchoritism from a variety of critical angles. Individually, the essays challenge perceived notions of the very concept of anchoritic rule and guidance, study the interaction between language and linguistic forms in anchoritic texts, address the connection between anchoritism and other forms of solitude, and explore the influence of anchoritic literature on lay devotion. As a whole, the volume, which ranges from the third century to the sixteenth and spans all of Europe, illuminates the richness and fluidity of anchoritic works and shows how anchoritism pervaded the spirituality of the Middle Ages, for the lay and religious alike.

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Recensione:

Wide-ranging and fully accessible, this book reflects an exciting international scholarly collaboration, offering a broad and compelling analysis of the influence of anchoritism and its associated traditions upon the spirituality of Europe and beyond during the Middle Ages. Disrupting traditional geographical boundaries, the essays draw together with some of the more canonical writings a number of hitherto under-explored or overlooked expressions of this form of the solitary life and does much to extend our understanding of the spiritual, religious, social and ideological imperatives behind this extraordinary vocation. As such, it makes a most welcome addition to, and extends the range, of the ground-breaking series of volumes on medieval anchoritism produced by the University of Wales Press in recent years, and will provide a valuable new resource for scholars, students and the general reader alike. --Dr Liz Herbert McAvoy, Reader Gender Studies and Medieval Literature, Swansea University

L'autore:

Catherine Innes-Parker is professor in the Department of English at the University of Prince Edward Island in Charlottetown, Canada. Naoë Kukita Yoshikawa is professor of English in the Department of Language and Literature at Shizuoka University in Japan.

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• Editore: Univ of Wales Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0708326013
• ISBN 13: 9780708326015
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 202
• Redattore: Innes-parker Catherine, Yoshikawa Naoe Kukita