Queering Richard Rolle: Mystical Theology and the Hermit in Fourteenth-Century England
This book examines three aspects of Rolle’s thinking used throughout this work: his ontology, phenomenology, and sound ecology. These facets of his work invoke both a way of understanding being in the world, an opening up of the body in queer ways to experience the divine, and a way to consider divi...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cham
Palgrave Macmillan
2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Series/Journal: | The New Middle Ages
SpringerLink Bücher Springer eBook Collection Literature, Cultural and Media Studies |
| Further subjects: | B
Religion
History
B Literature B British literature B Literature, Medieval |
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| Parallel Edition: | Druckausg.: 978-3-319-49774-7 Printed edition: 9783319497747 |
| Summary: | This book examines three aspects of Rolle’s thinking used throughout this work: his ontology, phenomenology, and sound ecology. These facets of his work invoke both a way of understanding being in the world, an opening up of the body in queer ways to experience the divine, and a way to consider divine contemplation in terms of singing the body. Queering Richard Rolle considers how Rolle navigates queer, eremitic conduct in order to create an identity always in process. Christopher M. Roman is Associate Professor of English at Kent State University, USA 1 Introduction: Queering the Hermit -- 2: Richard Rolle’s Eremitic Ontology -- 3 The Phenomenology of the Open Body -- 4 Ecology of Canor: An Aesthetics of Desire -- 5 Epilogue: Three Vignettes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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| ISBN: | 3319497758 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-49775-4 |