Writing Sin in the German Lands, 1050–1215
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-894830-8 (ISBN)
Writing Sin in the German Lands, 1050–1215 is about how sin and atonement function as an impetus for textual production and formal, linguistic, and intellectual creativity. It focuses on the late eleventh and twelfth centuries, a time in which various social and cultural conditions came together to provoke both an interest in sin and an opportunity for writing experimentally about it, and its area of enquiry is the German-speaking world. Working with a remarkably rich body of German-language texts, this book allows us not only to grasp with greater clarity aspects of medieval penitential thought and practice, but it also offers new ways of thinking about the development of German as a literary language. The book joins bodies of work on the history of penance and on devotional writing in the European vernaculars, and through the interconnection of these two fields of study, it offers a new perspective on questions that currently occupy scholars of the Middle Ages: the medieval conception of the self in relation to other and to God; the value and function of vernacular writing; the nature of textuality; and the relationship between writing, speech, material text, and performance.
In five chapters that deal with a wide range of texts, many of which have had little scholarly attention, this volume shows that the long twelfth century was not only a period in which there was a particular interest in exploring aspects of the theology and practice of penance, but also, significantly, a time in which a fundamental connection can be seen between thinking about sin and creative literary production.
Sarah Bowden is Reader in German and Medieval Studies at King's College London, where she has worked since 2012. She is the author of Bridal-Quest Epics: A Revisionary Approach (2012), as well as articles and edited volumes on medieval German literature. Her research has been supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the Thyssen Foundation, and the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
Introduction: Writing Sin
I: The Language of Confession: Confession Texts and Confessional Practice
II: Voicing Sin: The Textuality of the Confessional Voice
III: Confession in Verse: The Literary Practice of Religious Poetry
IV: Writing in Sin: Sinfulness and Textual Communication
V: A Refusal to Confess: Charlemagne's Unspeakable Sin
Conclusion: Looking Beyond
| Erscheinungsdatum | 29.04.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Oxford Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture |
| Zusatzinfo | 12 Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 162 x 242 mm |
| Gewicht | 614 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-894830-1 / 0198948301 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-894830-8 / 9780198948308 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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