Reading in the wilderness: private devotion and public performance in late medieval England
Introduction: The performance of reading -- "Silence visible" : Carthusian devotional reading and meditative practice -- Backgrounds : the Carthusian Order -- Carthusians and books -- Carthusians and art -- The shapes of eremitic reading in the desert of religion : the desert of religion a...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Chicago, Ill. [u.a.]
University of Chicago Press
2007
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| In: | Year: 2007 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Spirituality
/ Christianity
/ Devotions
/ England
/ History 600-1500
B England / Spirituality / Reading / Devotions / History 1400-1500 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KDB Roman Catholic Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Spiritual Life
Christianity
History Middle Ages, 600-1500
B Spiritual Life Christianity History Middle Ages, 600-1500 B England Religion B Devotion |
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| Summary: | Introduction: The performance of reading -- "Silence visible" : Carthusian devotional reading and meditative practice -- Backgrounds : the Carthusian Order -- Carthusians and books -- Carthusians and art -- The shapes of eremitic reading in the desert of religion : the desert of religion as imagetext -- "ALS wildernes is wroght þis boke" : formats of monastic books -- Reading spiritual community in the wilderness -- Lyric imaginings and painted prayers -- The eremitic lyric and Richard Rolle -- Imagining the Carthusian reader -- Liturgical pageantry in private spaces -- Reading the liturgy : two models -- Performing the holy name -- Performing the canonical hours -- Performing the seven sacraments -- Envisioning dialogue in performance -- "In maner of a dyaloge it wente" -- Allegorical dialogues : the pylgremage of the soul -- Mystical dialogues : the treatise of the seven points -- Dramatizing the cell : theatrical performances in monastic reading -- Dramatic texts, lyric voices, and private readers -- Theatrical reading in additional 37049 -- Monastic closet drama -- Conclusion: Reading performances |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XVIII, 463 S., Ill., 23cm |
| ISBN: | 0-226-07132-4 978-0-226-07132-9 |
