Format:
Online-Ressource (viii, 309 p)
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ill
ISBN:
1283890925
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9781283890922
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9780812202786
Series Statement:
The Middle Ages series
Content:
This book offers a new history of a major medieval genre, affective meditations on the Passion. It argues that women were instrumental in the creation of this genre, and it illuminates how these scripts for the performance of prayer served to construct compassion itself as an intimate and feminine emotion.
Content:
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction: Intimate Scripts in the History of Emotion -- PART I: The Origins of an Affective Mode -- 1. Compassion and the Making of a True Sponsa Christi -- 2. The Genealogy of a Genre -- 3. Franciscan Meditation Reconsidered -- PART II: Performing Compassion in Late Medieval England -- 4. Feeling Like a Woman -- 5. Marian Lament and the Rise of a Vernacular Ethics -- 6. Kyndenesse and Resistance in the Middle English Passion Lyric -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index of Manuscripts -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Acknowledgments.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-297) and indexes
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""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction: Intimate Scripts in the History of Emotion""; ""PART I: The Origins of an Affective Mode""; ""1. Compassion and the Making of a True Sponsa Christi""; ""2. The Genealogy of a Genre""; ""3. Franciscan Meditation Reconsidered""; ""PART II: Performing Compassion in Late Medieval England""; ""4. Feeling Like a Woman""; ""5. Marian Lament and the Rise of a Vernacular Ethics""; ""6. Kyndenesse and Resistance in the Middle English Passion Lyric""; ""Notes""; ""Works Cited""; ""Index of Manuscripts""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""
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""H""""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Acknowledgments""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1283890828
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780812242119
Additional Edition:
Print version Affective Meditation and the Invention of Medieval Compassion
Language:
English
