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Feeling Doctrine: Religious Meanings of Emotion in Sixteenth-Century German Literature
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Leeper, Georgia Anna |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | OF THE DISSERTATION Feeling Doctrine: Religious Meanings of Emotion in Sixteenth-Century German Literature by Georgia Anna Leeper Doctor of Philosophy in Germanic Languages and Literatures Washington University in St. Louis, 2014 Professor Gerhild Scholz Williams, Chair This dissertation explores the intersections of emotion and Protestant theology in late-16thcentury German literature. The project demonstrates the availability of even secular texts to confessional readings through the analysis of representations of emotions. Post-Reformation texts practice an emotional exemplarity that highlights the effects including the spiritual effects which emotional experiences have on the individual. I argue that narrative representations of emotions at this moment reflect anxieties about the nebulous nature of faith, and its central role in Protestant salvation. Close readings of widely-read texts such as the 1587 Faustbuch, Melusine, and Hans Sach's Judith: ein Comedi, among others support this claim. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.7936/K7QV3JP3 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1366&context=art_sci_etds&httpsredir=1&referer= |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1366&context=art_sci_etds |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1366&context=art_sci_etds |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.7936/K7QV3JP3 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
