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Record Nr.

UNINA9910838318603321

Autore

Shuger Dale

Titolo

God made word : an archaeology of mystic discourse in early modern Spain

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2022

©2022

ISBN

1-4875-2881-7

1-4875-2882-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (331 pages)

Collana

Toronto Iberic

Disciplina

860.9/353

Soggetti

Mysticism and literature - Spain - History

Mysticism in literature

Mysticism - Spain - History

Spanish literature - Classical period, 1500-1700 - History and criticism

LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Spanish & Portuguese

History

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Electronic books.

Spain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Prayer Manuals -- Mystic Poetry -- Spiritual Autobiography -- Mysticism before the Inquisition -- Mysticism on Stage -- The Missionary Impulse

Sommario/riassunto

"This is an interdisciplinary study of mystic language across multiple genres and institutional contexts. The author combines a study of genres that have traditionally been the object of literary study--poetry, theatre, autobiography--with a language- based analysis of other areas that have largely been studied by historians or theologians. She argues that these generic separations grew out of an increasing preoccupation with the cultivation and control of interiorized spirituality beginning around 1500. She shows that by tracing certain 'mystic memes' we come to understand the emergence of different discursive rules and



expectations for a wide range of representations of the ineffable. The work focuses on the circulation of mystic discourse across theological manuals, poetry, theatre, Inquisition testimony, autobiography and transatlantic encounters."--