Solitudo: spaces, places, and times of solitude in late medieval and early modern cultures

This book explores the spatial, material, and affective dimensions of solitude in the late medieval and early modern periods, a hitherto largely neglected topic. Its focus is on the dynamic qualities of "space" and "place", which are here understood as being shaped, structured, a...

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Other Authors: Enenkel, Karl A. E. 1959- (Editor), Göttler, Christine 1952- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston Brill [2018]
Series:Intersections volume 56
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Summary:This book explores the spatial, material, and affective dimensions of solitude in the late medieval and early modern periods, a hitherto largely neglected topic. Its focus is on the dynamic qualities of "space" and "place", which are here understood as being shaped, structured, and imbued with meaning through both social and discursive solitary practices such as reading, writing, studying, meditating, and praying. Individual chapters investigate the imageries and imaginaries of outdoor and indoor spaces and places associated with solitude and its practices and examine the ways in which the space of solitude was conceived of, imagined, and represented in the arts and in literature, from about 1300 to about 1800
Physical Description:XXXIV, 568 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9789004349926

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