Language, Self and Love: Hermeneutics in the Writings of Richard Rolle - Hardcover

Denis Renevey

 
9780708316962: Language, Self and Love: Hermeneutics in the Writings of Richard Rolle
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0708316964 ISBN 13: 9780708316962
Publisher: University of Wales Press, 2001

Synopsis

Language, Self and Love offers a unique insight into the development of the language of interiority in the medieval literature inspired by the Song of Songs and its commentaries. It traces the evolution of a medieval identity in the process of self-fashioning and, in showing the importance of mystical writing for understanding medieval subjectivity, suggests that the 'self' is not the early modern invention it is often claimed to be. Denis Renevey discusses the correspondences between the discourse of love in the Song of Songs and the language of mysticism in the writings of William of St Thierry and Richard Rolle, where the self is described in its attempts at establishing a direct relationship with God. He also shows how the textual strategies offered in mystical writing for the use of female recipients engage with questions of misogyny and the relationship between Latin and vernacular cultures.

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About the Author

Denis Renevey is professor of Old and Middle English at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

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Publisher
University of Wales Press
Publication date
2001
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0708316964
ISBN 13 
9780708316962
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
228