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Beteilige Person: Robertson, Duncan (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Trappist, Kentucky Cistercian Publications [2011]
Schriftenreihe:Cistercian studies series number 238
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Zusammenfassung:During the Middle Ages the act of reading was experienced intensively in the monastic exercise of lectio divina...the prayerful scrutiny of passages of Scripture, "savored" in meditation, memorized, recited, and rediscovered in the reader's own religious life. The rich literary tradition that arose from this culture includes theoretical writings from the Conferences of John Cassian (fifth century) through the twelfth-century treatises of Hugh of St. Victor and the Carthusian Guigo II; it also includes compilations, literary meditations, and scriptural commentary, notably on the Song of Songs. This study brings medievalist research together with modern theoretical reflections on the act of reading in a consolidation of historical scholarship, spirituality, and literary criticism. ...Publisher description
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-242) and index
Umfang:xxi, 247 Seiten 22 cm
ISBN:9780879072384
0879072385