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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459180403321

Autore

Mueller Joan <1956->

Titolo

A companion to Clare of Assisi [[electronic resource] ] : life, writings, and spirituality / / by Joan Mueller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2010

ISBN

1-282-78673-3

9786612786730

90-04-19343-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (328 p.)

Collana

Brill's companions to the Christian tradition ; ; v. 21

Disciplina

271/.97302

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-299) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / J. Mueller -- Introduction / J. Mueller -- Chapter One. The Franciscan Choice / J. Mueller -- Chapter Two. The Monastery Of S. Damiano / J. Mueller -- Chapter Three. The Politics Of “Infant’s Milk”: Clare Of Assisi And The Privilege Of Poverty / J. Mueller -- Chapter Four. The Ordo That Gregory IX Founded: Clare Among Other Ugolinian Sisters / J. Mueller -- Chapter Five. Reading Clare’s Letters In Context / J. Mueller -- Chapter Six. The Agnes Legend In Clare’s Letters / J. Mueller -- Chapter Seven. Clare’s Forma Vitae: Unique Contributions / J. Mueller -- Clare’s First Letter To Agnes / J. Mueller -- Clare’s Second Letter To Agnes / J. Mueller -- Clare’s Third Letter To Agnes / J. Mueller -- Clare’s Fourth Letter To Agnes / J. Mueller -- Clare’s Forma Vitae / J. Mueller -- Bibliography / J. Mueller -- Index Of Subject / J. Mueller -- Illustrations / J. Mueller.

Sommario/riassunto

Clare of Assisi: Life, Writings and Spirituality examines Clare not merely as an obedient footnote to the friars, but as a Franciscan founder in her own right who kept primitive Franciscan ideals alive into the middle of the thirteenth century and transposed them into a woman’s key. Bringing together the best of international research, the text examines Clare’s importance within the early Franciscan milieu and her contribution to the thirteenth-century women's movement. It studies the radicalism of Clare's Franciscan choice, her life within the



Monastery of San Damiano, her politicking with Agnes of Prague for the "privilege of poverty," and her uniqueness among other women in Gregory IX's Damianite ordo. Following this historical study are critical translations and literary analyses of Clare's four letters to Agnes of Prague as well as a new translation and commentary on Clare’s Forma Vitae .

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Record Nr.

UNINA9911008969403321

Autore

Bohm Arnd <1953->

Titolo

Goethe's Faust and European epic : forgetting the future / / Arnd Bohm

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Suffolk : , : Boydell & Brewer, , 2007

ISBN

1-57113-696-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 276 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture

Classificazione

GK 4533

Disciplina

831/.6

Soggetti

Epic poetry, European - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-264) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Goethe's epic ambitions -- The system of European epic -- Faust and epic history -- The roots of evil -- "Auerbachs Keller" and epic history -- Faust as a Christian epic -- The epic encyclopedia.

Sommario/riassunto

Goethe has long been enshrined as the greatest German poet, but his admirers have always been uneasy with the idea that he did not produce a great epic poem. A master in all the other genres and modes, it has been felt, should have done so. Arnd Bohm proposes that Goethe did compose an epic poem, which has been hidden in plain view: 'Faust.' Goethe saw that the Faust legends provided the stuff for a national epic: a German hero, a villain (Mephistopheles), a quest (to know all things), a sublime conflict (good versus evil), a love story (via Helen of Troy), and elasticity (all human knowledge could be accommodated by the plot). Bohm reveals the care with which Goethe draws upon such sources as Tasso, Ariosto, Dante, and Vergil. In the microcosm of the 'Auerbachs Keller' episode Faust has the opportunity to find 'what holds the world together in its essence' and to end his quest happily, but he fails. He forgets the future because he cannot



remember what epic teaches. His course ends tragically, bringing him back to the origin of epic, as he replicates the Trojans' mistake of presuming to cheat the gods. Arnd Bohm is associate professor of English at Carleton University, Ottawa. Winner of the 2007 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award.