Bernard of Clairvaux and the shape of monastic thought : broken dreams /
The work of Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) consists of mystical highlights, moments of stylistic beauty and traditional exegetical discourse. In contrast to previous studies this book does not limit itself to the historical and devotional side of Bernard, but brings to the fore his stylistic origi...
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Leiden ; New York :
E.J. Brill,
1994.
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| Series: | Brill's studies in intellectual history ;
v. 56. |
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Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Perdite Vixi: Life as Failure
- Ch. 2. Literary Timidity: The Twenty-Third Sermon on the Song of Songs
- Ch. 3. Configurations: The Treatise on the Steps of Pride and Humility
- Ch. 4. Love. Shadows and Fog: The Sermons on the Virgin Mary
- Ch. 5. Death. A Passage to Paradise: Sermon 26 on the Song of Songs
- Ch. 6. Gems and Glitter: Suger of St. Denis and Bernard of Clairvaux on Art
- Ch. 7. The Gems of Christmas: the Sermons on the Nativity and Abstract Art
- Ch. 8. Resurrection
- Ch. 9. From Resurrection to Pentecost.