The notion of the ‘spirit’ is dazzling: it has manifold meanings and plays a crucial role in Early Modern medicine, psychology, religion, natural philosophy and cosmology. This book explores how those disciplines conceived of the spirits and shows that knowledge of the spirits is an essential prerequisite for the understanding of Renaissance literature and music. The volume focusses on the way in which the spirits act upon the soul’s perception, imagination and cognition, and on the cultural practices which aim to use or to purge or to ban the spirits.
A propos de l’auteur
PD Dr. Steffen Schneider hat seit Sommersemster 2014 eine Vertretungsprofessur für romanistische Literaturwissenschaft an der Universität Trier inne.
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Langue Allemand ● Format PDF ● Pages 509 ● ISBN 9783847004233 ● Taille du fichier 6.6 MB ● Éditeur Steffen Schneider ● Maison d’édition V&R unipress ● Lieu Göttingen ● Pays DE ● Publié 2015 ● Édition 1 ● Téléchargeable 24 mois ● Devise EUR ● ID 4247568 ● Protection contre la copie sans