Gillian R. Knight

The Correspondence between Peter the Venerable and Bernard of Clairvaux (eBook, PDF)

A Semantic and Structural Analysis

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Starting from the premise of the letter as literary artefact, with a potential for ambiguity, irony and textual allusion, this innovative analysis of the correspondence between the Cluniac abbot, Peter the Venerable, and the future saint, Bernard of Clairvaux, challenges the traditional use of these letters as a source for historical and (auto)biographical reconstruction. Applying techniques drawn from modern theories of epistolarity and contemporary literary criticism to letters treated as whole constructs, Knight demonstrates the presence of a range of manipulative strategies and argues for the consequent production of a significant degree of fictionalisation. She traces the emergence of an epistolarly sequence which forms a kind of extended narrative, drawing its authority from Augustine and Jerome, and rooted in classical rhetoric. The work raises important implications both for the study of relations between Cluniacs and Cistercians in the first half of the 12th century and for the approach to letter-writing as a whole.

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351892315
• Artikelnr.: 47954943

Autorenporträt

Gillian R. Knight

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction
Letter-writing and friendship reconsidered
Sanctity and rebuke: the relationship between Bernard's Apologia and Peter's letter 28
The proof of caritas: Peter, letter 65
Bernard, ep. 147
Fraudulent alms and monstrous election: Peter, letter 29
Reproach, iocus and debate: Bernard, ep. 228
Peter, letter 111
The salt of caritas: letter 111 continued
Bitterness and sweetness: Bernard, ep. 387
Peter, letter 149
Salvation, damnation and cohabitatio: Peter, letter 150
A new crusade: Bernard, ep. 364
Peter, letter 164
Duplicity or simplicity: Peter, letters 175 and 181
Bernard, ep. 265
An epistolary closure: Peter, letter 192
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.