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The Daughter Zion allegory in medieval German religious writing
- Title
- The Daughter Zion allegory in medieval German religious writing / Annette Volfing.
- Author
- Volfing, Annette
- Publication
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
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- Description
- xi, 219 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- The Daughter Zion allegory represents a particular narrative articulation of the paradigm of bridal mysticism deriving from the Song of Songs, the core element of which is the quest of Daughter Zion for a worthy object of love. Examining medieval German religious writing (verse and prose) and Dutch prose works, Annette Volfing shows that this storyline provides an excellent springboard for investigating key aspects of medieval religious and literary culture. In particular, she argues, the allegory lends itself to an exploration of the medieval sense of self; of the scope of human agency within the mystical encounter; of the gendering of the religious subject; of conceptions of space and enclosure; and of fantasies of violence and aggression. Volfing suggests that Daughter Zion adaptations increasingly tended to empower the religious subject to seek a more immediate relationship with the divine and to embrace a wider range of emotions: the mediating personifications are gradually eliminated in favour of a model of religious experience in which the human subject engages directly with Christ.0Overall, the development of the allegory from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries marks the striving towards a greater sense of equality and affective reciprocity with the divine, within the context of an erotic union.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The Daugher Zion tradition: origins and contours -- Narrativizing the metaphor: Latin prose and German verse -- German and Dutch prose versions -- Male brides of Christ: Friedrich Sunder and Heinrich Seuse -- Daughter Zion in Engelthal: Christine Ebner and Adelheid Langmann -- Beating the bride into shape: Konrads Büchlein von der geistlichen Gemahelschaft and Christus und die minnende Seele.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-6947
- ISBN
- 9781472469755
- 1472469755
- LCCN
- 2017018908
- OCLC
- 985447173
- Author
- Volfing, Annette, author.
- Title
- The Daughter Zion allegory in medieval German religious writing / Annette Volfing.
- Publisher
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1050-1500
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-6947