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Mapping Mortality: The Persistence of Memory and Melancholy in Early Modern England (Massachusetts Studies in Early Modern Culture)
Engel
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Hardcover. A study of the ways in which people in early modern England confronted, accommodated and paid tribute to mortal life and certain death. Drawing on prose and poetry, painting and statuary, social practices and religious rites, Engel reopens central questions about Renaissance habits of thought. Series: Massachusetts Studies in Early Modern Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 76 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; ACND; DSBB; DSBD; JFCX; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 662.
This text is a cultural study of the ways men and women in early modern England confronted, accommodated and paid tribute to mortal life and certain death. Drawing on prose and poetry, painting and statuary, social practices and religious rites, William Engel reopens central questions about Renaissance habits of thought. He explores how the metaphorics of that period signalled and enacted a continual revelation of mortality: the death of the body (figured as a kind of vehicle) and the eternality of the soul (that which was to be transported). Engel argues that early modern metaphorics was essentially mnemonic and emblematic, ... Read more
This text is a cultural study of the ways men and women in early modern England confronted, accommodated and paid tribute to mortal life and certain death. Drawing on prose and poetry, painting and statuary, social practices and religious rites, William Engel reopens central questions about Renaissance habits of thought. He explores how the metaphorics of that period signalled and enacted a continual revelation of mortality: the death of the body (figured as a kind of vehicle) and the eternality of the soul (that which was to be transported). Engel argues that early modern metaphorics was essentially mnemonic and emblematic, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
Series
Massachusetts Studies in Early Modern Culture
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9780870239984
SKU
V9780870239984
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