Villainy, Humor, and Heresy

“Robertson Davies' The Rebel Angels and Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose, written within a year of each other, present a striking pair of books on the theme of heresies—ideas considered beyond the pale…. The modern university and the medieval monastery are able, in these writers' ha...

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Main Author: McMullen, W. Cary (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. 1989
In: Theology today
Year: 1989, Volume: 46, Issue: 3, Pages: 283-287
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Summary:“Robertson Davies' The Rebel Angels and Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose, written within a year of each other, present a striking pair of books on the theme of heresies—ideas considered beyond the pale…. The modern university and the medieval monastery are able, in these writers' hands, to show us ourselves and our intellectual heritage.”
ISSN:2044-2556
Contains:Enthalten in: Theology today
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/004057368904600305