How the west was won: essays on the literary imagination, the canon, and the Christian middle ages for Burcht Pranger
& Quot;How the West Was Won" contains articles in three main areas of the humanities. It focuses on various aspects of literary imagination, with essays ranging from Petrarch to Voltaire; on the canon, with essays on western history as one of shifting cultural horizons and ideals, and inclu...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Leiden Boston
Brill
2010
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| In: | Year: 2010 |
| Series/Journal: | Brill's studies in intellectual history 0920-8607
v. 188 Brill's studies in intellectual history v. 188 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Middle Ages
/ Christian literature
/ Canon
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Europe B Religion B Middle Ages B Christian literature B Festschrift B Europe Intellectual life Europe B Literature, Medieval B Christianity and literature B Festschriften B Canon (Literature) B Intellectual life B Europe Intellectual life B Canon B RELIGION ; Christianity ; History B Europe Intellectual life B Electronic books B Christian Literature B Bibliography |
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| Summary: | & Quot;How the West Was Won" contains articles in three main areas of the humanities. It focuses on various aspects of literary imagination, with essays ranging from Petrarch to Voltaire; on the canon, with essays on western history as one of shifting cultural horizons and ideals, and including censorship; and on the Christian Middle Ages, when an interesting combination of religion and culture stimulated the monastic and intellectual experiments of Anselm of Canterbury and Peter Abelard. The volume is held together by the method of persistent questioning, in the tradition of the western c |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record |
| ISBN: | 900418497X |