Representing Pilgrimage -- Charting the Journey: Structure and Selection -- 'Langages Pellegrins': Pilgrim Rhetoric -- pt. I. Coming to Terms: The Subject of Pilgrimage. 1. 'Linguae Peregrinae': Pilgrim Tongues. The Politics of Plain Speech: Erasmus' Dialogue. A Crisis of Response: Petrarch's Letter. The 'Lust of Knowing': Fabri's Narrative. 'De Peregrinatione Studiorum Causa': Augustine's Lesson. 2. Renaissance Guides to Pilgrimage. Pilgrims and Authors. The Material Details and the Cost of the Journey. Resistance to Method. The Spiritual Details and the Cost of Curiosity. Pilgrim Method. 3. 'Le Jargon des Errans': Arguments Against Pilgrimage. Gregory of Nyssa: Deffence (de Voyager). Gregory's Letter: Translations and Editions
Summary
Wes William's text represents the first full-length study of the place and meaning of pilgrimage in European Renaissance culture. As well as a penetrating study in genre the book is also an exploration of the politics of literature & popular culture
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-322) and index