Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Que devient le miracle, motif traditionnellement associé au récit hagiographique, dès lors qu’il est transposé dans d’autres « genres » plus ou moins éloignés du contexte religieux initial ? Ce volume, portant sur les domaines français et espagnol, explore permanences et transformations du miracle sur une large période, en envisageant un vaste échantillon de nouveaux contextes : littérature juridique, historiographie, exempla, poèmes, textes fictionnels… On pourra ainsi suivre le cheminement de tel miracle célèbre, mais aussi retrouver les échos des mutations intellectuelles qui ont affecté la conception de ce phénomène. L’approche ici proposée est délibérément de nature poétique : ce que mettent en lumière ces aventures du miracle, ce sont les processus d’adaptation et de transfert qui sont au coeur des pratiques d’écriture médiévales et relativisent nos représentations modernes de la séparation entre profane et sacré. ¿En qué se transforma el milagro, motivo tradicionalmente asociado al relato hagiográfico, cuando se traslada a otros «géneros» más o menos alejados del contexto religioso inicial? Este libro, teniendo en cuenta una vasta muestra de nuevos contextos, explora sus permanencias y transformaciones a través de un largo periodo. Estas aventuras del milagro ilustran sobre los procesos de adaptación y de transferencia que se encuentran en el centro de las prácticas de escritura medievales y que relativizan las representaciones modernas de separación entre lo sacro y lo profano.

Miracles in literature. --- Literature, Medieval --- History and criticism.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Miracles in literature --- Supernatural in literature --- Classical literature --- Themes, motives --- Literature, Classical --- Literature --- Literature, Ancient --- Greek literature --- Latin literature --- Miracles in literature - Congresses. --- Supernatural in literature - Congresses. --- Classical literature - Themes, motives - Congresses.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

In recent years, scholars have extensively explored the function of the miraculous and wondrous in ancient narratives, mostly pondering on how ancient authors view wondrous accounts, i.e. the treatment of the descriptions of wondrous occurrences as true events or their use. More precisely, these narratives investigate whether the wondrous pursues a display of erudition or merely provides stylistic variety; sometimes, such narratives even represent the wish of the author to grant a ?rational explanation? to extraordinary actions. At present, however, two aspects of the topic have not been fully examined: a) the ability of the wondrous/miraculous to set cognitive mechanisms in motion and b) the power of the wondrous/miraculous to contribute to the construction of an authorial identity (that of kings, gods, or narrators). To this extent, the volume approaches miracles and wonders as counter intuitive phenomena, beyond cognitive grasp, which challenge the authenticity of human experience and knowledge and push forward the frontiers of intellectual and aesthetic experience. Some of the articles of the volume examine miracles on the basis of bewilderment that could lead to new factual knowledge; the supernatural is here registered as something natural (although strange); the rest of the articles treat miracles as an endpoint, where human knowledge stops and the unknown divine begins (here the supernatural is confirmed). Thence, questions like whether the experience of a miracle or wonder as a counter intuitive phenomenon could be part of long-term memory, i.e. if miracles could be transformed into solid knowledge and what mental functions are encompassed in this process, are central in the discussion.

E-books --- Antiquités. --- Appréciation. --- Miracles --- Miracles. --- Paradoxe. --- Étonnement --- Miracles in literature. --- Classical literature --- History and criticism. --- Supernatural in literature. --- Miracles in literature --- Supernatural in literature --- Themes, motives --- Themes, motives. --- Commemoration. --- paideia. --- religion. --- science.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Miracles in literature. --- Miracles --- Miracles in motion pictures. --- Psychological aspects. --- #GOSA:II.P.AU.3 --- #GOSA:II.P.AU.4 --- Miracles - Psychological aspects.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Miracle accounts provide a window into the views and conceptions of the laity, the uneducated, women, and even children, whose voices are mostly missing from other types of sources. They are not, however, simple to use. This volume offers a methodological insight into the medieval world of the miraculous. Consisting of 15 cutting-edge articles by leading scholars in the field, it provides versatile approaches to the origins, methods, and recording techniques of various types of miracle narratives. It offers fascinating case studies from across Europe, which show how miracle accounts can be used as a source for various topics such as lived religion, healing, protection, and family and gender. Contributors are Nicole Archambeau, Leigh Ann Craig, Ildikó Csepregi, Jussi Hanska, Emilia Jamroziak, Sari Katajala-Peltomaa, Jenni Kuuliala, Iona McCleery, Jyrki Nissi, Roberto Paciocco, Donald S. Prudlo, Marika Räsänen, Jonas Van Mulder, and Louise Elizabeth Wilson.

Miracles --- Miracles in literature. --- Canonization --- Canonization. --- History of doctrines --- History. --- 600-1500 --- Literature and Cultural Studies --- Medieval History --- German literature --- History and criticism