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Langages mystiques et avenement de la modernite.(Book Review)

From: The Modern Language Review  |  Date: 1/1/2005  |  Author: Huot, Sylvia

Langages mystiques et avenement de la modernite. DOMINIQUE DE COURCELLES. Paris: Champion 2003. 322 pp. ISBN 2-7453-0813-0.

This book examines concepts of language and expression in the works of seven late medieval and early modern writers: Hadewijch of Antwerp, Ramon Lull, Catherine of Siena, Juan de Valdes, Theresa of Avila, St John of the Cross, and Cervantes The first six form a fairly straightforward corpus: all wrote in the vernacular, in some cases producing the earliest ...

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