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The turn of the soul [electronic resource] : representations of religious conversion in early modern art and literature / edited by Lieke Stelling, Harald Hendrix, Todd M. Richardson.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Intersections (Boston, Mass.)
- Intersections : interdisciplinary studies in early modern culture, 1568-1811 ; 23
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Conversion in literature.
- Conversion in art.
- European literature--Renaissance, 1450-1600--History and criticism.
- European literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (412 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Brill, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The religious upheavals of the early modern period and the fierce debate they unleashed about true devotion gave conversion an unprecedented urgency. With their rich variety of emotive, aesthetic and rhetoric means of expression, literature and the visual arts proved particularly well-adapted means to address, explore and represent the complex nature of conversion. At the same time, many artists and authors experimented with the notion that the expressive character of their work could cultivate a sensory experience for the viewer that enacted conversion. Indeed, focusing on conversion as one of early modern Europe’s most pressing religious issues, this volume demonstrates that conversion cannot be separated from the creative and spiritual ways in which it was given meaning. Contributors include Mathilde Bernard, John R. Decker, Xander van Eck, Shulamit Furstenberg-Levi, Lise Gosseye, Chloë Houston, Philip Major, Walter Melion, Bart Ramakers, E. Natalie Rothman, Alison Searle, Lieke Stelling, Jayme Yeo, and Federico Zuliani.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Authenticity
- pt. 2. Agency
- pt. 3. Imitation.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-42634-X
- 9786613426345
- 90-04-22637-0
- OCLC:
- 773566742
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004226371 DOI
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