Uttering the Word: The Mystical Performances of Maria Maddalena De' Pazzi, a Renaissance Visionary

by Armando Maggi

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Employing contemporary theoretical perspectives, Uttering the Word provides the first detailed analysis of the language and thought of Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi (1566-1607), an important but neglected Renaissance mystic. Borrowing from Lacan, de Certeau, and Deleuze, Maggi analyzes de' Pazzi's unique mystical discourse and studies how the Florentine visionary interprets the relationship between orality and writing, authorship and audience, sexual...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0791439011

ISBN13:9780791439012

Release Date:September 1998

Publisher:State University of New York Press

Length:201 Pages

Weight:1.02 lbs.

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