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.
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About the author
PD Dr. Steffen Schneider hat seit Sommersemster 2014 eine Vertretungsprofessur für romanistische Literaturwissenschaft an der Universität Trier inne.
Language German ● Format PDF ● Pages 509 ● ISBN 9783847004233 ● File size 6.6 MB ● Editor Steffen Schneider ● Publisher V&R unipress ● City Göttingen ● Country DE ● Published 2015 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 4247568 ● Copy protection without
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