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Bernard of Clairvaux and the Shape of Monastic Thought

M.B. Pranger
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      The work of Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) consists of mystical highlights, moments of stylistic beauty and traditional exegetical discourse. In contrast to previous studies this book does not limit itself to the historical and devotional side of Bernard, but brings to the fore his stylistic originality. Bernard emerges as a flexible thinker, a great dramatist and an adroit master of language who combines the fixed pattern of monastic life with the vicissitudes of extra-mural events.On the one hand, Bernard's writings are composed according to the rhythm of the uninterrupted ritual of prayer and singing inside the walls of the monastery. On the other hand, that ritual is interspersed with notions of love and death. The present study describes the literary devices through which Bernard shapes the monastic existence as a subtle blend of liturgical routine and uncontrollable events and emotions.
      Format: Hardback CONTRIBUTORS: M.B. Pranger EAN: 9789004100558 COUNTRY: Netherlands PAGES: WEIGHT: 731 g HEIGHT: 235 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Brill DATE PUBLISHED: 1994-08-01 CITY: GENRE: ARCHITECTURE / Interior Design / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, RELIGION / Institutions & Organizations WIDTH: 155 cm SPINE:

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      French, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Philosophy of religion, Christianity, Religious communities and monasticism

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      M.B. Pranger is professor of the History of Christianity, University of Amsterdam.
      The work of Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) consists of mystical highlights, moments of stylistic beauty and traditional exegetical discourse. In contrast to previous studies this book does not limit itself to the historical and devotional side of Bernard, but brings to the fore his stylistic originality. Bernard emerges as a flexible thinker, a great dramatist and an adroit master of language who combines the fixed pattern of monastic life with the vicissitudes of extra-mural events.On the one hand, Bernard's writings are composed according to the rhythm of the uninterrupted ritual of prayer and singing inside the walls of the monastery. On the other hand, that ritual is interspersed with notions of love and death. The present study describes the literary devices through which Bernard shapes the monastic existence as a subtle blend of liturgical routine and uncontrollable events and emotions.
      Format: Hardback CONTRIBUTORS: M.B. Pranger EAN: 9789004100558 COUNTRY: Netherlands PAGES: WEIGHT: 731 g HEIGHT: 235 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Brill DATE PUBLISHED: 1994-08-01 CITY: GENRE: ARCHITECTURE / Interior Design / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, RELIGION / Institutions & Organizations WIDTH: 155 cm SPINE:

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      French, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Philosophy of religion, Christianity, Religious communities and monasticism

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      M.B. Pranger is professor of the History of Christianity, University of Amsterdam.

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