The Apocalyptic Imagination In Medieval Literature

Author : Richard Kenneth Emmerson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Apocalyptic Imagination in Medieval Literature written by Richard Kenneth Emmerson and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Middle Ages, the Apocalypse, or Book of Revelation, was believed to contain both the grand design of sacred history and the disguised history of the Present and future. In The Apocalyptic Imagination in Medieval Literature, Richard K. Emmerson and Ronald B. Herzman explore die pervasiveness of apocalypticism in medieval literature through close readings of a group of major texts not generally considered from an apocalyptic perspective. Emmerson and Herzman present a new reading of Bonaventure's Major Life of Francis of Assisi, a key document in the Franciscan tradition. In their examination of the Romance of the Rose, they argue that allegorical romance takes a surprising turn toward contemporary social criticism, a criticism informed by a sophisticated and subtle use of the apocalyptic tradition. The authors also contend that while the apocalyptic language of the Divine Comedy is more obvious, its significance has not been systematically studied, and that The Canterbury Tales, all but ignored from an apocalyptic perspective, are infused with significant apocalyptic dimensions. The Apocalyptic Imagination in Medieval Literature offers a broad and comparative focus, and it should be of value not simply to students of medieval literature but to the broader audience of those interested in medieval intellectual history, art history, and religious history as well.

Author : John Jeffries Martin
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300265441
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Beautiful Ending written by John Jeffries Martin and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An award-winning historian’s revisionary account of the early modern world, showing how apocalyptic ideas stimulated political, religious, and intellectual transformations “A masterful synthesis of the prognostications of faith, knowledge, and politics on a global stage. Martin’s book illuminates one of the enduring themes that shaped the medieval and early modern world.”—Paula E. Findlen, Stanford University In this revelatory immersion into the apocalyptic, messianic, and millenarian ideas and movements that created the modern world, John Jeffries Martin performs a kind of empathic time travel, entering into the psyche, spirituality, and temporalities of a cast of historical actors in profound moments of discovery. He argues that religious faith—Christian, Jewish, and Muslim—did not oppose but rather fostered the making of a modern scientific spirit, buoyed along by a providential view of history and nature, and a deep conviction in the coming End of the World. Through thoughtful attention to the primary sources, Martin re‑reads the Renaissance, excavating a religious foundation at the core of even the most radical empirical thinking. Familiar icons like Ibn Khaldūn, Columbus, Isaac Luria, and Francis Bacon emerge startlingly fresh and newly gleaned, agents of a history formerly untold and of a modern world made in the image of its imminent end.

Author : John J. Collins
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802872794
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Apocalyptic Imagination written by John J. Collins and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most widely praised studies of Jewish apocalyptic literature ever written, The Apocalyptic Imagination by John J. Collins has served for over thirty years as a helpful, relevant, comprehensive survey of the apocalyptic literary genre. After an initial overview of things apocalyptic, Collins proceeds to deal with individual apocalyptic texts -- the early Enoch literature, the book of Daniel, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and others -- concluding with an examination of apocalypticism in early Christianity. Collins has updated this third edition throughout to account for the recent profusion of studies germane to ancient Jewish apocalypticism, and he has also substantially revised and updated the bibliography.

Author : Richard Kenneth Emmerson
Publisher : Penn State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780271078656
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Apocalypse Illuminated written by Richard Kenneth Emmerson and published by Penn State University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Studies the illustration of Revelation in manuscripts from the ninth to the fifteenth century. Examines how twenty-five of the most important illustrated Apocalypses illustrate the biblical text and interpret it for diverse audiences"--Résumé de l'auteur.

Author : John J. Collins
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780802843715
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Apocalyptic Imagination written by John J. Collins and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1998-03-26 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Apocalyptic Imagination by John Collins is one of the most widely praised studies of Jewish apocalyptic literature ever written. This second edition represents a complete rewriting and a new chapter on the Dead Sea Scrolls.h

Author : Justin M. Byron-Davies
Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 1786835185
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Revelation and the Apocalypse in Late Medieval Literature written by Justin M. Byron-Davies and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2020-02-01 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book will equip the reader with a stronger understanding of the religious and historical background to these late medieval texts. It will provide insight into the influence of the biblical Apocalypse upon the literature of the period in a systematic way. Importantly, by treating the writings of Julian of Norwich and William Langland as contemporaneous the book balances the female and male approaches to and engagement with the biblical Apocalypse.

Author : Colin McAllister
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108422705
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Apocalyptic Literature written by Colin McAllister and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-26 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apocalytic literature has addressed human concerns for over two millennia. This volume surveys the source texts, their reception, and relevance.

Author : Richard Kenneth Emmerson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780801422829
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Apocalypse in the Middle Ages written by Richard Kenneth Emmerson and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An innovative overview of the influence of the Apocalypse on the shaping of the Christian culture of the Middle Ages.

Author : Leona Archer
Publisher : Modern French Identities
ISBN 13 : 9783034309219
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Visions of Apocalypse written by Leona Archer and published by Modern French Identities. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Picturing the end of the world is an enduring cultural practice. This groundbreaking collection of essays offers an overview of the Apocalyptic imagination in French literature and culture from the thirteenth century to the present day, scrutinizing material as diverse as medieval French biblical commentaries and science fiction.

Author : James B. Given
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501724959
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inquisition and Medieval Society written by James B. Given and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James B. Given analyzes the inquisition in one French region in order to develop a sociology of medieval politics. Established in the early thirteenth century to combat widespread popular heresy, inquisitorial tribunals identified, prosecuted, and punished heretics and their supporters. The inquisition in Languedoc was the best documented of these tribunals because the inquisitors aggressively used the developing techniques of writing and record keeping to build cases and extract confessions.Using a Marxist and Foucauldian approach, Given focuses on three inquiries: what techniques of investigation, interrogation, and punishment the inquisitors worked out in the course of their struggle against heresy; how the people of Languedoc responded to the activities of the inquisitors; and what aspects of social organization in Languedoc either facilitated or constrained the work of the inquisitors. Punishments not only inflicted suffering and humiliation on those condemned, he argues, but also served as theatrical instruction for the rest of society about the terrible price of transgression. Through a careful pursuit of these inquires, Given elucidates medieval society's contribution to the modern apparatus of power.