God Made Word : : An Archaeology of Mystic Discourse in Early Modern Spain / / Dale Shuger.

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• VerfasserIn: Shuger, Dale,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Toronto Iberic
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.)

The Golden Age of Spanish mysticism has traditionally been read in terms of individual authors or theological traditions. God Made Word, however, considers early modern Spanish mysticism as a question of language and as a discourse that circulated in concrete social, institutional, and geographic spaces. Proposing a new reading of early modern Spanish mysticism, God Made Word traces the struggles over the representation of interiorized spiritual union – the tension between making it known and conveying its unknowability – far beyond the usual canon of mystic literature. Dale Shuger combines a study of genres that have traditionally been the object of literary study, including poetry, theatre, and autobiography, with a language-based analysis of other areas that have largely been studied by historians and theologians. Arguing that these generic separations grew out of an increasing preoccupation with the cultivation and control of interiorized spirituality, God Made Word shows that by tracing certain mystic representations we come to understand the emergence of different discursive rules and expectations for a wide range of representations of the ineffable.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Prayer Manuals -- Chapter Two. Mystic Poetry -- Chapter Three. Spiritual Autobiography -- Chapter Four. Mysticism before the Inquisition -- Chapter Five. Mysticism on Stage -- Chapter Six. The Missionary Impulse -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index