The book of the heart: reading and writing the medieval subject

Begins by examining an important precursor trope to the book of the heart, namely the tablet of the heart, and analyses the book of the heart as inaugurated in S. Augustine's "Confessiones". Continues by discussing how various medieval religious writings elaborate the book of heart as a product of a...

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Author:Eric Jager
Published: S.n., s.l., 1996
Volume:71
Pages:1-26: ill.
Language:English
Periodical:Speculum
Format:Article
Topic:- Works > Confessiones > Topics > [Genre littéraire: autobiographie]
- Works > Confessiones > Topics > [Influence]
- Influence and Survival > The Middle Ages (430-1453) > General studies of the survival of Augustine in the Greek world and in western thought and schools > [Pensée médiévale (par sujet)] > [Littérature médiévale]
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