Allegories of Love in Marguerite Porete's Mirror of Simple Souls by Suzanne Koch

Description: Allegories of Love in Marguerite Porete's Mirror of Simple Souls by Suzanne Kocher Marguerite Poretes Mirror of Simple Souls, dating probably to the 1290s, is the oldest known mystical work written in French, and the only surviving medieval text by a woman writer executed as a heretic. This volume analyses its use of interconnected allegories that describe the souls approach toward God in terms of human social relationships. These include romantic love between lovers in same-sex and mixed-sex pairs, relations among people of differing social rank such as servants and nobles, and rich and poor engaged in economic transactions such as taxation and gift-giving. Gender, rank, and exchange serve as remarkably versatile allegories for spiritual states. Porete uses comparison as an organizing principle that underlies her supple and creative use of allegory, personification, parables, metaphors, similes, proverbs, and glosses. The theologian invites her audience to cross boundaries among literal and figurative registers of meaning, in ways that are emblematic of the souls ultimate leap toward the divine. Poretes social allegories, the author contends, can provide us with valuable evidence of a medieval thinkers conceptions of God, gender, language, and human capacity for change. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Long Description Marguerite Poretes Mirror of Simple Souls, dating probably to the 1290s, is the oldest known mystical work written in French, and the only surviving medieval text by a woman writer executed as a heretic. This volume analyses its use of interconnected allegories that describe the souls approach toward God in terms of human social relationships. These include romantic love between lovers in same-sex and mixed-sex pairs, relations among people of differing social rank such as servants and nobles, and rich and poor engaged in economic transactions such as taxation and gift-giving. Gender, rank, and exchange serve as remarkably versatile allegories for spiritual states. Porete uses comparison as an organizing principle that underlies her supple and creative use of allegory, personification, parables, metaphors, similes, proverbs, and glosses. The theologian invites her audience to cross boundaries among literal and figurative registers of meaning, in ways that are emblematic of the souls ultimate leap toward the divine. Poretes social allegories, the author contends, can provide us with valuable evidence of a medieval thinkers conceptions of God, gender, language, and human capacity for change. Details ISBN2503519024 Author Suzanne Kocher Short Title ALLEGORIES OF LOVE IN MARGUERI Language English ISBN-10 2503519024 ISBN-13 9782503519029 Media Book Format Hardcover Series Number 17 Year 2009 Pages 216 Series Medieval Women: Texts and Contexts Imprint Brepols N.V. Place of Publication Turnhout Country of Publication Belgium Publisher Brepols N.V. Publication Date 2009-04-27 DEWEY 248.22092 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:137271900;

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