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Polemic - Language as Violence in Medieval and Early Modern Discourse (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Polemic - Language as Violence in Medieval and Early Modern Discourse (Hardcover, New Ed)
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If terms are associated with particular historical periods, then
'polemic' is firmly rooted within early modern print culture, the
apparently inevitable result of religious controversy and the rise
of print media. Taking a broad European approach, this collection
brings together specialists on medieval as well as early modern
culture in order to challenge stubborn assumptions that medieval
culture was homogenous and characterized by consensus; and that
literary discourse is by nature 'eirenic'. Instead, the volume
shows more clearly the continuities and discontinuities, especially
how medieval discourse on the sins of the tongue continued into
early modern discussion; how popular and influential medieval
genres such as sermons and hagiography dealt with potentially
heterodox positions; and the role of literary, especially
fictional, debate in developing modes of articulating discord, as
well as demonstrating polemic in action in political and
ecclesiastical debate. Within this historical context, the position
of early modern debates as part of a more general culture of
articulating discord becomes more clearly visible. The structure of
the volume moves from an internal textual focus, where the nature
of polemic can be debated, through a middle section where these
concerns are also played out in social practice, to a more
historical group investigating applied polemic. In this way a more
nuanced view is provided of the meaning, role, and effect of
'polemic' both broadly across time and space, and more narrowly
within specific circumstances.
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