Augustine beyond the book : intermediality, transmediality, and reception / edited by Karla Pollmann, Meredith J. Gill.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pollmann, Karla.

Gill, Meredith Jane.

Series:

Brill's series in church history ; d. 58.

Brill's series in church history. Religious history and culture series ; v. 6.

Brill's series in church history, 1572-4107 ; v. 58

Religious history and culture series ; v. 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430--Congresses.

Augustine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (386 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Augustine of Hippo (354-430) is arguably the most influential thinker and Latin author of the Early Christian period. His widespread legacy has been explored to date only in part, and largely with respect to his textual reception. This interdisciplinary volume attempts to redress this emphasis with a set of analyses of Augustine's impact in the visual arts, drama, devotional practices, music, the science-faith debate and psychotherapy. The included studies trace intricate and occasionally surprising instances of Augustine's ubiquitous presence in intellectual, spiritual and artistic terms. The result is a far more differentiated and dynamic picture of the mechanisms by which the legacy of an historical figure may be perpetuated, including the sometimes supra-rational and imaginative dimensions of transmission.

Contents:

pt. 1. Visualizations of Augustine

pt. 2. Dramatizing Augustine on stage

pt. 3. Augustine in confessionalized contexts of spirituality and devotion

pt. 4. Musical variations on Augustine

pt. 5. Augustine beyond himself.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-68810-6

9786613665041

90-04-22858-6

OCLC:

795120506

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004228580 DOI