On mystery, ineffability, silence and musical symbolism / Laurence Wuidar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wuidar, Laurence, author.

Contributor:

Augustine.

Series:

Reading Augustine

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Augustine of Hippo, Saint 354-430.

Augustine.

Music--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Place of Publication:

London, England : Zed Books, 2021.

Summary:

"Collecting together numerous examples of Augustine's musical imagery in action, Laurence Wuidar reconstructs the linguistic laboratory and the hermeneutics in which he worked. Sensitive and poetical, this volume is a reminder that the metaphor of music can give access not only to human interiority, but allow the human mind to achieve proximity to the divine mind. Composed by one of Europe's leading musicologists now engaging an English-speaking audience for the first time, this book is a candid exploration of Wuidar's expertise. Drawing on her long knowledge of music and the occult, from antiquity to modernity, Wuidar particularly focuses upon Augustine's working methods while refusing to be distracted by questions of faith or morality. The result is an open and at times frightening vista on the powers that be, and our complex need to commune with them."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

Translator's Note

Preface by Paolo Gozza

Premiss

Introduction

Chapter 1 The Christian

Chapter 2 The Prophet and the Saint

Chapter 3 Christ

Chapter 4 The Father

Further Reading.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

9781350228825

1350228826

9781350228818

1350228818

9781350228801

135022880X

OCLC:

1242018593