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Allegorical form and theory in Hildegard of Bingen's books of visions / Dinah Wouters.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wouters, Dinah, author.
- Series:
- New Middle Ages (Palgrave (Firm))
- New Middle Ages
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hildegard, Saint, 1098-1179--Criticism and interpretation.
- Hildegard.
- Hildegard, Saint, 1098-1179. Scivias.
- Hildegard, Saint, 1098-1179. Liber vitae meritorum.
- Hildegard, Saint, 1098-1179. De operatione Dei.
- Mysticism--Catholic Church--Early works to 1800.
- Mysticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 291 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction
- Integumental Hermeneutics and Prescholastic Philosophy
- Allegory, Language, and Cognition
- Linking Allegorical Form to Allegorical Theory
- References
- 2 Vision and Explanation
- Vision and Explanation
- The Function of the Allegory
- The Formal Interplay of Allegory and Allegoresis
- Allegory and Symbol
- 3 Allegory as Form and Concept
- Distinguishing Between Allegory and Allegoresis
- Prejudiced Distinctions in Modern Theory
- Blurred Distinctions in Medieval Hermeneutics
- Interactions Between Allegoresis and Allegory
- Allegory as Form: Figurative Language and Levels of Meaning
- Metaphor
- Pun
- Personification
- Metonymy
- Allegory as Idea: A Vital Belief and Conceptions of Allegory
- Language: Suprarealism and Self-Consciousness
- Reality: Fabulism and Figuralism
- Reversal of Values
- 4 Exegetical Form: The Eccentric Exegesis of the Homilies
- Creative Allegoresis in the Expositiones
- Multiple Interpretations and Narrative Continuity
- A Formal Definition for the Literal Level
- A Narrative Definition for the Senses of Scripture
- Creating a Narrative
- Exegetical Method: The Miraculous Catch of Allegory?
- The Allegoresis of the Expositiones and the Allegory of the Visions
- 5 Allegorical form: Narrative, the Cosmos, and the End of Time
- The Narrative of the Parables
- The Reality of the Cosmos
- The Textuality of Visionary Reality
- The Reality of the Textual Cosmos
- The End of Time
- 6 Allegorical Cognition through Words
- Hildegards Model of the Mind
- Other Models of Cognition
- The Circular Mind
- Perceptions as Cognitive Agents
- The Absence of Mental Images
- The Essential Role of Words
- The Promotion of Words Over Images
- Hildegards Turn to Language
- Exegetical Cognition
- From Hermeneutics to Epistemology
- Allegorical Creation from Exegetical Method
- Glossing and Properties
- Allegorical Handbooks
- The Cognitive Dynamics of Reading Allegorically
- 7 Allegorical Revelation through Prophecy
- Allegorical Interpretation as an Essential Part of Revelation History
- The Old, the New, and the Interpretation of Each
- Allegory in Deeds and in Words
- Veils and Illumination
- Allegory and Forms of Prophecy
- Clarity, Obscurity, and Hildegards Prophetic Goals
- Different Kinds of Prophecy in Hildegards Works
- Cognition and Forms of Visionary Experience
- Augustines Theory of Vision
- Hildegards Visio Spiritualis/Intellectualis
- Augustines Cognitive Visions
- The Continuity Between Vision and Cognition in Medieval Texts
- Becoming a Prophet
- The Prophet and the Reader
- 8 Beliefs about Language and the Construction of Allegorical Form
- Allegorical Visions and Scripture
- Exceptional Language and the Reference to Nature
- Reversal of Allegory and Allegoresis
- Allegorical Form and Truth
- Allegorical Language
- The Origin and Fall of Language
- In Search of a Theological Language
- A Sphere of Literary Symbolism?
- Hildegards Faith in Language
- Conclusion
- References.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 29, 2022).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9783031171925
- 3031171926
- Publisher Number:
- 99993348709
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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