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Pilgrimage and narrative in the French Renaissance : the undiscovered country
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Pilgrimage and narrative in the French Renaissance : the undiscovered country

Author: Wes Williams
Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
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Wes Williams undertakes a bold exploration of various interlinking themes in Renaissance pilgrimage: the location, representation, and politics of the sacred, together with the narration of marvels and the experience of the everyday. Williams also examines the literary formation of the subjective narrative voice in his texts, and its relationship to the rituals and practices he reviews. This wide-ranging and timely  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
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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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  Read more...

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