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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Wes Williams |
| ISBN: | 0198159404 9780198159407 |
| OCLC Number: | 39335740 |
| Description: | ix, 326 p. : facsim. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Representing Pilgrimage -- Charting the Journey: Structure and Selection -- 'Langages Pellegrins': Pilgrim Rhetoric -- Pt. I. Coming to Terms: The Subject of Pilgrimage. 1. 'Linguae Peregrinae': Pilgrim Tongues. The Politics of Plain Speech: Erasmus' Dialogue. A Crisis of Response: Petrarch's Letter. The 'Lust of Knowing': Fabri's Narrative. 'De Peregrinatione Studiorum Causa': Augustine's Lesson. 2. Renaissance Guides to Pilgrimage. Pilgrims and Authors. The Material Details and the Cost of the Journey. Resistance to Method. The Spiritual Details and the Cost of Curiosity. Pilgrim Method. 3. 'Le Jargon des Errans': Arguments Against Pilgrimage. Gregory of Nyssa: Deffence (de Voyager). Gregory's Letter: Translations and Editions. |
| Responsibility: | Wes Williams. |
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Abstract:
This text studies the place and meaning of pilgrimage in European Renaissance culture. It offers perspectives on a variety of canonical writers, exploring themes in Renaissance pilgrimage and the literary formation of the subjective narrative voice and its relationship to rituals and practices.
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Insightful and extended study ... wide-ranging and subtle study of the rhetorical dimensions of pligrimage ... admirably erudite ... positively original. Journeys: The International Journal of Travel and Travel Writing Read more...
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- Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- History.
- Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature.
- Christian literature -- History and criticism.
- French literature -- History and criticism.
- Discourse analysis, Narrative.
- Renaissance -- France.
- Bedevaarten.
- Pelgrims.
- Letterkunde.
- Frans.
- Renaissance.
- Reiseliteratur.
- Wallfahrt.
- Französisch.
- Frankreich.
- Littérature française -- 16e siècle -- Thèmes, motifs.
- Pèlerins et pèlerinages -- 16e siècle.
- Pèlerins et pèlerinages -- Dans la littérature.
- Pèlerins et pèlerinages chrétiens -- Dans la littérature.
- Littérature chrétienne -- Histoire et critique.
- Analyse du discours narratif.
