The Judeo–Christian Polemic and the Intelligence of Emotions

This essay examines the place of emotions and emotional discourse—love, friendship, human kindness, etc.—in selected polemical and literary texts from late medieval Iberia. It suggests that a view of the non-polemical or extra-polemical elements of the texts—especially expressions of emotion, exclam...

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Main Author: Gutwirth, Eleazar (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: Medieval encounters
Year: 2016, Volume: 22, Issue: 1/3, Pages: 266-286
Further subjects:B Jewish–Christian polemics late medieval Iberia emotions lyric poetry polemics and literature Troubadours Cancionero poetry Juan de Dueñas
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Summary:This essay examines the place of emotions and emotional discourse—love, friendship, human kindness, etc.—in selected polemical and literary texts from late medieval Iberia. It suggests that a view of the non-polemical or extra-polemical elements of the texts—especially expressions of emotion, exclamations, interjections, and other examples of passion—provide a novel approach to such material apart from traditional studies of polemical content. A reading that takes into account the multiple themes and traditions beyond polemics that are contained within such texts shows that apparently individual, anecdotic texts are highly dependent on the literary expectations of a public informed by certain cultural conventions. This suggests that polemics and polemical material can be read for much more than their formulaic polemical content, and that literary texts can be read in some cases according to polemical codes.
ISSN:1570-0674
Contains:In: Medieval encounters
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15700674-12342224